Do your children want to find nonfiction and fiction children’s books about endangered animals? Do your kids know that some animal species are extinct? And that more are in danger of extinction? The U ...

Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems, a new book from the University of California Press (December 2006), explores an aspect of whale ecology that until now has received surprisingly little attention ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract AbstractAn impressive array of animals function as ecosystem engineers in streams through a variety of activities, ranging from nest digging ...

Source: Porapak Apichodilok, Pexels, free download. Many authors, ranging from academics, to other professionals, to nature lovers of all ages, are deeply concerned that we are on a rapid and ...

An unscientific bias against “feral” or “invasive” animals threatens to undercut one of the great stabilizing trends making ecosystems healthier, a new paper argues. Introduced species such as feral ...

Chris Dutton is used to broken equipment. In the years he’s spent analyzing the creatures of the Mara River basin in Africa, his cameras and sensors have been tusked by elephants, crushed by hippos, ...

Washington, DC—The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was founded to regulate whaling. Today, it increasingly focuses on the value of live whales for planetary health. A new workshop report ...

Older animals are often most vulnerable to the habitat-damaging effects of human activity. However, there is now a push for "longevity conservation" to save aging wildlife, which is crucial to native ...

Our relationships with nonhuman animals (animals) are complex, challenging, and paradoxical. We allow dogs and cats to breed themselves to death and continue to harm and kill other animals and destroy ...