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By Rhett Ayers Butler Conservation has never lacked ideas. Protected areas, payments for ecosystem services, community management, certification schemes, and public campaigns have all been promoted as ...

I have learned that anthropomorphism is a deeply suspect word, used to defend cruelty to creatures unable to speak and defend themselves against human exploitation. –Sir Brian May, founding member of ...

A collection of short highlights from our year in conservation science work. Mike Bock Tackling some extraordinary scientific challenges is one cause for celebration. Building a multidisciplinary ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A team of scientists from the Field Museum of Natural History has just returned from one of Earth's most remote, undisturbed forests. For a month, Conservation Ecologist Dr. Lesley De ...

With the speed at which technology advances, the idea of "bringing back" extinct animals is moving beyond science fiction. While some doubt the reasoning behind such a technology, others argue that it ...

The Petaluma-based conservation nonprofit Point Blue announced it has a new chief executive officer. Melissa Pitkin, who has worked with Point Blue Conservation Science for about three decades and ...

For 50 years, scientists at the San Diego Zoo have been collecting and storing cells from rare and endangered species in its Frozen Zoo with an eye to the future. The future is here. The San Diego Zoo ...

When viewing paintings, people usually focus on what they can see. But often, the stories behind the painting — from how it was made to how it got to a museum — are just as interesting. “On the Same ...

A new study shows that monitoring and managing select bird species can provide benefits for other species within specific regions. A new study led by Cornell Lab of Ornithology researchers at the K.

The National Park System’s breathtaking landscapes and cultural and historic sites serve as living laboratories for science and discovery that help safeguard our nation’s legacy. Yet today, ...