[2/1/2009] Marlin, sailfish and spearfish are among the most magnificent creatures in the sea, but commercial fishing has driven down their populations; now a simple change in fishhooks may help save them Read Full Story>
[2/1/2009] While taxpayers are spending billions of dollars to restore the Everglades, a deadly army of foreign species is undercutting the effort by pushing out native plants and animals Read Full Story>
[2/1/2009] The world’s smallest mammals, and among the most resilient, find themselves increasingly vulnerable to the rapid pace of climate change at higher latitudes Read Full Story>
[2/1/2009] Nepal’s red panda is getting help from a small group of local forest guardians, but the highly endangered mammal still faces a troubled future as its habitat is lost to deforestation Read Full Story>
[2/1/2009] A special caste of worker ants known as repletes, these insects gorge on nectar ... swelling to the size of grapes. Read Full Story>
[2/1/2009] Beaver dams are a boon for migrating birds Read Full Story>
[2/1/2009] Human predation is causing remarkably large and rapid changes in physical and behavioral traits of targeted species Read Full Story>
[2/1/2009] Worm grunters imitate the sounds made by worm-hungry moles digging through the earth Read Full Story>
[2/1/2009] From farms and gardens to the forest floor, earthworms are dramatically changing the world beneath our feet—for better and for worse Read Full Story>
[2/1/2009] Relying mostly on maps and hunches, noted butterfly expert Robert Michael Pyle spent 12 months traveling the country, trying to see as many species as possible Read Full Story>