Related Articles

Beaver Believers: Reintroducing Beavers to Britain
Beaver Believers: Reintroducing Beavers to Britain

by James Beiny

The industrious and charismatic beaver is slowly being reintroduced into Britain following an absence of around 400 years.

Read more
- Apr 22, 2024
Voices for Biodiversity: An Interview with Wildlife Biologist Joan E. Berish
Voices for Biodiversity: An Interview with Wildlife Biologist Joan E. Berish

by James Beiny

Joan E. Berish is a wildlife biologist and gopher tortoise expert who has made significant contributions to wildlife conservation in the state of Florida over the course of her remarkable career.

Read more
- Feb 26, 2023
Searching Forgotten Wetlands for the Mountain Chorus Frog
Searching Forgotten Wetlands for the Mountain Chorus Frog

by Wally Smith

Those three words are on my mind as I slosh around in a wetland behind the lodge at Virginia's Breaks Interstate Park. The pool isn't much, taking up no more than thirty square feet and its water only…

Read more
- Nov 20, 2019
How Biodiversity is Helping to Revitalize Coal Country
How Biodiversity is Helping to Revitalize Coal Country

by Wally Smith

It's a cold November morning as I drive from my home in rural Wise County, Virginia, to the town of Tazewell, some 80 miles away. My journey takes me across the edge of the Virginia coalfields and through…

Read more
- Apr 30, 2017
The Return of Eastern Elk
The Return of Eastern Elk

by Erika Zambello, Wally Smith

“Elk are not the first animals that come to mind when thinking of native Appalachian wildlife, but the species was a common sight in these hills prior to European settlement,” writes Dr. Walter Smith in…

Read more
- Jan 03, 2017
Can You Find Green Salamanders? A Community Searches in the Appalachians
Can You Find Green Salamanders? A Community Searches in the Appalachians

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
- Sep 12, 2016

[X] CLOSE☰ MENU