Forensic evidence suggests Paleo-Americans hunted mastodons, mammoths and other megafauna in eastern North America 13,000 years ago
A forensic technique more often used at modern crime scenes identified blood residue from large extinct animals on spearpoints and stone tools used by people who lived in the Carolinas millennia ago.
June 14, 2023 • ~9 min
In protecting land for wildlife, size matters – here's what it takes to conserve very large areas
Governments and wildlife advocates are working to protect 30% of Earth’s lands and waters for nature by 2030. An ecologist explains why creating large protected areas should be a top priority.
April 26, 2023 • ~9 min
Making room for wildlife: 4 essential reads
The recent goring of a tourist who approached within 10 feet of a bison in Yellowstone National Park is a reminder that wild animals can be dangerous and people should keep safe distances.
June 6, 2022 • ~8 min
Can Asia end its uncontrolled consumption of wildlife? Here's how North America did it a century ago
In the 1800s, Americans hunted many wild species near or into extinction. Then in the early 1900s, the US shifted from uncontrolled consumption of wildlife to conservation. Could Asia follow suit?
June 17, 2020 • ~9 min
How bison, moose and caribou stepped in to do the cleaning work of extinct mammoths
The historical record is full of surprises – and it could encourage conservationists to think more creatively.
April 29, 2020 • ~6 min
Animals large and small once covered North America's prairies – and in some places, they could again
North America's prairies once were home to millions of wild animals. Today, most of that land is farmed or developed, but some grasslands have never been plowed and could be rewilded.
Feb. 19, 2020 • ~9 min
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