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By Meghan Bartels / On August 8th, 2014

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By Eric Dinerstein / On July 22nd, 2014

A Belted Kingfisher.

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By Emily Monosson / On July 21st, 2014

A sign warning of radiation from the explosion at Chernobyl.

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By Meghan Bartels / On June 27th, 2014

A European honeybee pollinating pink milkweed.

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By Biohabitats / On June 12th, 2014

Post by Amy Nelson of Biohabitats, cross-posted from Rhizome with permission. It is true that in nature, species come and species go. On rare occasions they even return. Just...

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By Cristina Eisenberg / On May 28th, 2014

Remote camera image of wolf OR7, nicknamed Journey, in southwest Oregon, May 2014.

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By Meghan Bartels / On May 9th, 2014

If you've flipped through the latest issue of the New Yorker, you may have spotted "Green is Good" (subscription required), which profiles The Nature Conservancy's...

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By Eric Dinerstein / On April 30th, 2014

Originally published by Village News, a publication of the community of Cabin John, MD. Wild, undammed rivers make dangerous neighbors. A signboard near the riverbank at one of the National Park entrances...

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By Meghan Bartels / On April 18th, 2014

Some people collect coins, some people collect books; people like Eric Dinerstein collect sightings of rare species. In The Kingdom of Rarities, newly released in...

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By Jason Leppig / On March 14th, 2014

This past weekend, there was...

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