There Will Be Blood
The pressure to reach for a gun to help save one animal from another is stronger than ever. And it has triggered a conservation problem from hell.
Add a Few Species. Pull Down the Fences. Step Back.
Brandom Keim reviews George Monbiot’s Feral
Bug Art
Steven Kutcher is an artist, an entomologist, a teacher—and a Hollywood bug wrangler.
Who’s Afraid Now?
In predator-human conflicts, the thing we have to fear most is fear itself
The Interspecies Internet
Why restrict the Web to one species?
Making Flight Connections
Commercial airplanes will soon track animal migration
Pace Yourself
At the ball game or the coastline, we can practice boredom.
Is It Contagious?
Disease can spread from animals to humans—and back again
Do Animated Animals on the Big Screen Promote Conservation on the Ground?
Are big-screen portrayals of environmental issues actually driving children and adults to think about biodiversity or conservation in a meaningful way?
No-Crossing Zones
Researchers are testing a promising solution to wildlife trainkill: electrified mats that straddle the rails and deliver a painful shock to any animal that treads on the tracks.