Pakinam Amer: This is Scientific American’s Science Talk podcast. I’m Pakinam Amer. Today, we talk about endangered species and the complicated birth of the conservation and wildlife movement that we ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. Today’s conservationists are taxed with protecting the living embodiments of tens of millions of years of nature’s creation, and they face unprecedented ...

Introduction. Awareness of the living world / by Lorus and Margery Milne -- Part 1. In the beginning -- -- [Part 1.1] The unplanted garden -- 1. Sumer is icumen in (13th century). Under the greenwood ...

An artist proposes a national park / George Catlin -- The Transcendental view / Henry David Thoreau -- Man's responsibility for the land / George Perkins Marsh -- The value and care of parks / ...

In physics, the Doppler effect describes how a noise like a coming train will always sound different when it approaches than when it recedes. The noise itself is the same, but your perspective changes ...

To conserve Earth’s biodiversity, many countries are pushing to protect more lands and oceans. Protected areas, a “geographically defined area which is designated or regulated and managed to achieve ...

Today we’re taking a closer look at the important role of Indigenous peoples in biodiversity conservation with two key players. We’re at something of an inflection point in the history of conservation ...

Historically, “conservation” simply meant not overhunting a game animal, preserving sufficient populations to continue to hunt the following year. Over time, however, conservationists have learned to ...

April is Earth Month, and the city of Madison is kicking off a year-long celebration of 50 years of conservation parks with several events. Madison Parks Public Information Officer Ann Shea said the ...