In new bird extinction estimates, a dark picture—and a glimmer of hope
In a time of unhappy environmental news, it can be hard to stomach yet another tale of imminent loss—but there are important lessons to be learned from a new assessment of Earth’s birds and their...
View ArticleBringing effective altruism to conservation
In a world of good causes and limited resources, how should we decide what to support? It’s a difficult question, and one that effective altruists—people who believe in channeling philanthropic funds...
View ArticleNuevas estimaciones de extinción de aves: una imagen oscura y un rayo de...
Traducido por María Fernanda EnríquezEn un momento de noticias ambientales tristes, puede ser difícil soportar otra historia de pérdida inminente, pero hay lecciones importantes que aprender de una...
View ArticleA very modern question: what to do with the bodies?
For better and for worse, the sphere of human management often includes populations of big, wild quadrupeds whose populations swell in the absence of predators and migration routes—which raises the...
View ArticleHow to avoid the insect apocalypse
Even in a society not typically disposed to care much about bugs, news of plummeting insect populations has captured public attention to a remarkable degree. That the days could be numbered for...
View ArticleIdentifying and ending subsidies for extinction
A decade ago, the world’s governments pledged to stop subsidizing activities that drive species to extinction. No more would they tip the economic scales to favor nature’s destroyers. It sounded...
View ArticleLa población de hipopótamos de Colombia es un enigma ecológico fascinante
Traducido por María Fernanda EnríquezCon orígenes en el zoológico privado del capo del cartel Pablo Escobar, la creciente población de hipopótamos de Colombia se descarta fácilmente como una nota...
View ArticleShould elephants be considered refugees?
Consider what life is like for so many African elephants: family and friends killed, communities broken, ancestral homelands transformed by construction and climate change, seeking new homes in an...
View Article¿Deberían los elefantes ser considerados refugiados?
Traducido por María Fernanda EnríquezConsidere cómo es la vida de tantos elefantes africanos: familiares y amigos asesinados, comunidades rotas, tierras ancestrales transformadas por la construcción y...
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A memo from the year 2050
PANDEMICS AVOIDED A memo from the year 2050 Here’s how we avoided the worst of zoonotic diseases By Brandon Keim Looking back at the early twenty-first century with the clarity of hindsight, it can be...
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