Archives: Highlights
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Meet the Indigo Snake!
Indigo snakes prey on other snakes—even venomous ones—but are still docile-enough to be handled by young children. Now, a one-of-a kind breeding program is raising these gentle giants and returning them to forests across the southeastern US.
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“B-Lines” and Pollinator Corridors
Scarlett Weston is helping to establish “B-Lines” to create stepping stones for pollinators and other wildlife to move through London and across Britain.
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Building Vertical Meadows
Engineer Alistair Law explains his idea for a Vertical Meadow, and the way they bring food and habitat to a range of wildlife within the city.
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Student Rewilders
These students in Ireland, like many young people around the world, are finding a way to act in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss: by building an ARK and rewilding a small patch of nature.
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How to Build an Ark
Whether you have a small yard, a hundred open acres, or just a flowerbox on a windowsill, there are a few easy steps that anyone can take to turn available land into an natural garden that protects biodiversity.
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Foxes & Sea Turtles
The sex of baby sea turtles is determined by the warmth of their nest, so conservationists in Australia are protecting hatchlings on the mainland (where dark sand means warm temps and more females) from threats—and help ensure more future mammas make it to the sea.
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Searching for Koalas
Dogs in Australia are sniffing out koala dung to help cities like Brisbane know where to put highway overpasses and reconnect isolated populations of the adorable marsupials.
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Nuns & Achoques
Biologists in Mexico are learning how to save endangered salamanders by partnering with unusual allies: a group of nuns.
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Love for Axolotls
Axolotls can regenerate entire limbs, eyes and even their brains—and make a great “second date love” for one scientist.
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Meet Marcos Bera Chova
A man in Mozambique helps local farmers grow native trees to provide shade to the coffee crops they depend on—and restore a rainforest for people and wildlife alike.
