birds in silhouette against an orange sky with a city in the distance

Nearly half of all stopover sites used by migrating birds in North America fall within urban areas.

birds in silhouette against an orange sky with a city in the distance

Nearly half of all stopover sites used by migrating birds in North America fall within urban areas.

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In this video edition, see how Panhandle communities work to stop petrochemicals along this biodiversity hotspot.

coyote cyanide

USDA’s Wildlife Services kills thousands of animals a year with exploding cyanide capsules.

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This week we explore how folks get lured into anti-science movements. Who is vulnerable? Are these groups cults? Why do certain ‘groupthink’ people act destructively toward the rest of the world?

Bottled water sales are way up, thanks in part to the industry marketing it as cleaner than tap water. But plastic poses a real danger, according to experts and studies.

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This week we tackle the frustration and rage that can prevent us from realizing rewarding careers — and productive, fulfilling lives.

Traumatized, orphaned gibbon babies are stuffed into luggage and smuggled by air from southeast Asia to India.

In this video edition, see how West Marion, North Carolina, envisions resilience after Hurricane Helene and more than a decade of disasters.

These amazing, camouflaged reptiles have adapted to life in unique microhabitats, but that’s also made them more vulnerable to disruption.

“They are like our children now,” says one of the villagers helping to save critically endangered Asian giant tortoises.

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