The Forest Predator You Rarely See: What the Tayra Reveals About Hidden Ecology
When most people imagine rainforest predators, they think of jaguars, harpy eagles, or anacondas. These are the animals that appear...
The Hidden Ecosystem Inside an Army Ant Swarm
Most people see an army ant swarm as a moving mass of predators. Thousands of ants surge across the forest...
The Hidden Decline Beneath Our Feet
On a recent trip to research insect populations, I visited a small sliver of the Chihuahua desert that runs through...
Biodiversity Increases While Species Losses Continue to Climb
Defining Biodiversity Species By some measures, worldwide biodiversity may be increasing. At the same time the rate of extinction, due...
California Kelp Forests
Only a few years ago (2013 – 2015) most of the kelp forests of Northern California disappeared. Ninety percent of...
Coral Reef
Sometime between 500 and 600 million years ago, the very first coral species appeared on earth. Of course, no one...
Madagascar Fires
Madagascar is a land of wonders. Most species living on this, the World’s fourth largest island, are found nowhere else....
Plastic Ban in Maharashtra, India
A new plastic ban is in effect in Pune, Maharashtra, located in western India. I visited in July, shortly after...
Crazy Ants: The New Ant Invasion
Nostalgic Days Do you miss the days when all you had to worry about when cutting the grass was a...
Vaquita Capture Program Ends
Vaquita Rescue Program Setback A rescue program to save the vaquita, the world’s most endangered cetation (whales, dolphins and porpoises),...
The Most Painful Stings
Painful stings leave an impression. Everyone who has ever been stung has a story to tell. Some of the stories...
Vaquita: The World’s Rarest Marine Mammal Is In Trouble
Another species of marine mammal is on the verge of extinction. The Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), a small porpoise endemic to...