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Deforestation or murder? Why orangutans are going extinct

Wed, Nov 30 2011 at 10:58 AM EST

Conservationists have made the orangutan a symbol of what will be lost if we do not halt tropical deforestation.

What can Teddy Roosevelt teach today's America?

Tue, Nov 08 2011 at 1:34 PM EST

Roosevelt was a sickly child but he had an iron will — one that led him to become one of the most beloved, successful presidents in our nation's history.

How to feed all 7 billion of us

Tue, Oct 25 2011 at 12:56 PM EST

As the global population grows, will the world's farmland be able to feed everyone? We talked to Jon Foley an ecologist and climatologist who has the answers.

Why we should think ahead ... way ahead

Fri, Oct 07 2011 at 11:03 AM EST

In order to see a difference with climate change, we need to look ahead and make a commitment to a future we will never see.

Why I run in nature

Fri, Oct 07 2011 at 10:48 AM EST

Running can make a number of positive changes to your health, but it also gets you out in nature and opens your eyes to the world around you.

New White House report: Nature's economic value

Wed, Jul 27 2011 at 9:27 AM EST

Chief Scientist Peter Kareiva helped write a new White House report on accounting for nature's value in the United States. See why he thinks it's a breakthrough.

When the levees broke: The flood that made rock and roll

Thu, Jul 21 2011 at 6:57 PM EST

Did you know that a flood created rock and roll? Conservancy scientist Jeff Opperman says the 1927 Mississippi River flood drove the migration of Delta Blues musicians northward...where they plugged into amps and got electrified.

Why conservation cannot continue ignoring apex species

Wed, Jul 20 2011 at 1:34 PM EST

Wolves, bears, sharks — conservation has neglected such top-of-the-food-web species in favor of stopping biodiversity loss in the abstract, says Peter Kareiva. But a new study should change that.

Serengeti's long and winding road

Tue, Jul 12 2011 at 8:18 AM EST

A proposed road through prime migratory lands has caused big controversy. Now the Tanzanian government has reached a compromise... so why aren't conservationists happy?

Fixing the one dumb thing done by Benjamin Franklin

Fri, Jul 08 2011 at 10:11 AM EST

He was a Founding Father and one of the brightest minds our nation has ever produced. But Ben Franklin made a massive mistake, and the Nature Conservancy is trying to fix it.

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