Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds. She’s contemplated California Condors here before, but Passenger Pigeons seem to resonate most with her. The extinct American pigeon...

A week ago today, the federal government proposed a “threatened” listing for the Greater Sage Grouse in Nevada and California, as part of a...

Scientific papers are simply boring. That is why they have sections Abstract and Summary, to allow you to read the digested versions and skip...

The critically endangered Everglade Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)  is making a comeback aided by an unintended introduction of an exotic snail. Over the last...

This is the kind of insanity that goes on with leghold traps. A few years ago my friend Astrid called me on the phone....

The other day, Minneapolis, Minnesota passed a feral cat ordinance. This got me wondering what other cities were doing. So I put together a...

Recently a baby was born in North Carolina with Trisomy 13, a chromosomal abnormality so severe most carriers die at birth. As the baby...