![Fighting for Survival: Lifting Up Indigenous Voices](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Fighting for Survival/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Sarah Abdelrahim
Indigenous peoples play a crucial role in protecting and advocating for global biodiversity. According to the United Nations, there are 370 million Indigenous peoples around the world — almost 5 percent…
Read more![Urbanites Go Wild: City Nature Challenge 2018](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Urbanites Go Wild/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Marilyn Clement
Which urban center will discover and share the most pictures of nature within its city limits? Back in 2016, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences…
Read more![Time to BioBlitz](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Bio Blitz/Thumbnail.80cd3c3b.jpg)
by Gemina Garland-Lewis
I’m standing in the Hoh rainforest in Olympic National Park, a light drizzle starting to come down on this late day in May. I’m surrounded by people who are absolutely enthralled by the various mosses,…
Read more![Can Citizen Science Save Us?](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Can Citizen Science Save Us/peninsularis-387332_1920.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
Voices for Biodiversity’s Advisory Board Member Mary Ellen Hannibal took the TEDx Stanford stage to discuss her journey towards becoming a citizen scientist, and how this discipline could save the world.
Read more![Can You Find Green Salamanders? A Community Searches in the Appalachians](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Green Salamanders/DSCN3579.eac2d2a4.jpg)
by Wally Smith
This is the case with the green salamander, one of the most unique amphibians in the salamander-rich Appalachian Mountains. The only truly green-colored salamander in eastern North America, the green salamander…
Read more![Cyclists and Pedestrians Help Wildlife with Roadkill Survey](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/07/4848088053_d85d9a9953_b-150x150.4194a5b7.jpg)
by Alexandre Manigault
Roads are omnipresent in most landscapes around the globe. Roads provide a high level of connectivity in a human engineered and industrialized environment, but there is a price to pay. Whatever land a…
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