![Conservation Group Sues NPS Cypress Management Plan](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2011/10/526731185_a38a4a1ce1.730f00aa.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo, Jessica Gottlieb, Jessica Schmonsky
A conservation organization has filed suit against the National Park Service, accusing the government agency of failing to protect critical Florida panther habitat in Big Cypress National Preserve. The…
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by Alexander Gilbert
Large animal species like wolves and bears require vast amounts of land to find food and mates. However, their habitats have become increasingly fragmented as development encroaches on once-wild areas.…
Read more![Biodiversity Continues to Decrease](/assets/image-cache/images/IMG_0320.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
A new study, published in Marine Ecology Progress Series on July 28, shows that while protected areas are increasing throughout the world, they are not adequate to stymie the loss of biodiversity.
Read more![Those Dammed Salmon](/assets/image-cache/images/in-depth/Those Dammed Salmon/Little%20Redfish%20Lake%202-2.2f9bad62.jpg)
by G.R. Stahl
For thousands of years, salmon have been the beating heart of Idaho. They have fed families, boosted the economy, challenged determined anglers, nourished the bodies and spirits of Native Americans, and…
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by Jami Wright
Anthropologist Jami Wright studied wolf reintroduction in Idaho by studying Idahoans. She found that many wolf complaints had more to do with people than the predator.
Read more![Falcon Watch](/assets/image-cache/images/in-depth/falcon_watch/Aplomado%20Falcon.ChrisParish%281%29.e0fb914a.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney
Writer Zoe Krasney meets with biologists at a site for the Pelegrine Fund’s Aplomado Falcon Release Program. While witnessing captivity-bred fledglings take flight, she examines the challenges of protecting…
Read more![Student of the Horse](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/student_of the_horse/12Student-of-the-Horse.eac2d2a4.jpg)
by Susan Ramsey
"I'm not a horse whisperer. I am a student of the horse. Our body language becomes the curious discourse of give and take, of pressure and release, direct and indirect -- a dance if you will," explained.…
Read more![Philippine Marine Life](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/philippine_marine_life/Apo%20Island%20Kan-Uran%20Dive%20033.bc6f3c82.jpg)
by Amy Carfagno
Scuba diver Brian Kramer photographed some of the vast marine life in the 7,107 islands of the Philippines. The islands of the Philippines lie within the coral triangle, an area that encompasses more than…
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