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Behold: Great Britain's red grouse.
libraries

See 500 Years of Artful Nature Illustrations

Over 57 million pages of wildlife are catalogued.
Isaac Schultz February 17, 2020
<em>Matuta victor</em>, an invasive Red Sea crab.
infrastructure

Why the Suez Canal Is a Superhighway for Invasive Species

And the newcomers show no signs of slowing down.
Isaac Schultz February 13, 2020
The Tasmanian devil, a talisman of Australian wildlife, was catalogued and illustrated by John and Elizabeth Gould in the mid-19th century, then rendered as a lithograph by H.C. Richter.
art

See Australian Fauna in These Audubon-esque Illustrations

The 19th-century lithographs document a unique biodiversity that’s slipping away.
Isaac Schultz February 6, 2020
Welcome to the pine rocklands, one of the world's most endangered habitats.
forests

Visiting One of the Last Fragments of Miami's Eccentric Native Forest

Pine rockland grows on the most stable land in Florida, which is why it’s doomed.
Sabrina Imbler January 29, 2020
Extremophile expert Amir Sapir checking out some nematodes at Mono Lake.
science

California’s Saltiest Lake Is Chock-Full of Bizarre Roundworms

Life finds a way.
Isaac Schultz September 27, 2019
Capulin Volcano
Des Moines, New Mexico

Capulin Volcano

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.
Ferry to Cape Wrath across the Kyle of Durness.
Keoldale, Scotland

Cape Wrath

The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.
A captive beluga sturgeon (<em>Huso huso</em>), the largest freshwater fish species in the world.
endangered animals

The Last Refuge of Eurasia’s Giant River Dwellers

From poaching and dams and climate, sturgeon in Georgia are facing extinction.
Isaac Schultz August 8, 2019
Meet the crisp and tart Gravenstein apple.
preservation

In Northern California, the Time Is Ripe for a Forgotten Apple's Comeback

Once-popular Gravensteins are available for just two weeks each August.
Evan Nicole Brown August 6, 2019
Canopy walkway at Lekki Conservation Center.
Lekki, Nigeria

Lekki Conservation Center

This Nigerian nature reserve is home to the longest canopy walkway in Africa.
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Marine Aquarium under the Palm House at Kew Gardens.
London, England

Kew Gardens Underground Aquarium

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.
<em>Bulbostylis paradoxa</em>'s flowers, in bloom just days after being burnt.
fires

This Brazilian Plant Regenerates Just a Day After Being Scorched by Wildfire

And its flowers bloom only a week later.
Evan Nicole Brown June 18, 2019
JURASSICA Museum.
Porrentruy, Switzerland

JURASSICA Museum

This little museum is packed with information about the region's past and present biodiversity.
Pantaneiros are rounded up to be returned to the farm for milking and health checks in Aquidauana, Brazil.
genetics

The Endangered Cow Being Saved by Cheese

Bovine researchers believe the world needs the only cow adapted to the largest tropical wetlands.
Sarah Brown June 10, 2019
In the toy museum.
Ibi, Spain

Old Payá Toy Factory

Ibi's pioneering toy factory now houses two small but mighty museums.
Hapless prey would never know what hit them.
coral reefs

It’s Not So Easy to Rename a Species With a Problematic Moniker

One scientist argues that we should reconsider the Bobbit worm.
Sabrina Imbler May 31, 2019
Inside one of the tropical greenhouses.
Brest, France

National Botanical Conservatory of Brest

Admire endangered plants in a verdant garden that looks straight out of a Monet painting.
Dana Village.
Bsaira District, Jordan

Dana Village

A ghost village sits atop a mountain within Jordan’s largest biosphere reserve.