Scientists and Indigenous leaders team up to conserve seals and an ancestral way of life at Yakutat, Alaska

Collaborative research by archaeologists, environmental scientists and tribal elders combines science and Indigenous knowledge to tell the story of centuries of life at a glacier’s edge.

Judith Dax̱ootsú Ramos, Assistant Professor of Northwest Coast Arts, University of Alaska Southeast • conversation
June 7, 2024 • ~9 min

Why so many animals have a third eyelid, including our pets – yet humans don’t

It’s a question of evolution and adaptation.

Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol • conversation
May 16, 2024 • ~7 min

Everyday life and its variability influenced human evolution at least as much as rare activities like big-game hunting

Some anthropologists question how much rare activities like big-game hunting could have affected how our species evolved. Instead they’re looking at daily activities like carrying water or firewood.

Cara Wall-Scheffler, Professor and Chair of Biology at Seattle Pacific University and Affiliate Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington • conversation
May 8, 2024 • ~9 min

Wild turkey numbers are falling in some parts of the US – the main reason may be habitat loss

Wild turkeys were overhunted across the US through the early 1900s, but made a strong comeback. Now, though, numbers are declining again. Two ecologists parse the evidence and offer an explanation.

William Gulsby, Associate Professor of Wildlife Management, Auburn University • conversation
April 19, 2024 • ~10 min

How a teenager helped identify a new species of giant marine reptile

Ichthyosaurs were the last giant reptiles to rule our oceans.

Dean Lomax, 1851 Research Fellow, University of Bristol & Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester, University of Manchester • conversation
April 18, 2024 • ~7 min

Grizzly bear conservation is as much about human relationships as it is the animals

Whether people are hunters can have a big effect.

Alexander L. Metcalf, Associate Professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, University of Montana • conversation
April 16, 2024 • ~9 min

How trophy fishing can have a sustainable future

Trophy fishing is a big threat to some of the most threatened species of fish, but there are ways to adapt the sport with marine conservation in mind.

James Boon, PhD candidate in Marine Ecology, University of Nottingham • conversation
Feb. 2, 2024 • ~7 min

Grouse shooting in Scotland has an alarming death toll – and not just for game birds

The welfare of wild animals is severely compromised to sustain grouse shooting in Scotland.

Clair Linzey, Research Fellow in Animal Ethics, University of Oxford • conversation
Dec. 19, 2023 • ~8 min

Forget ‘Man the Hunter’ – physiological and archaeological evidence rewrites assumptions about a gendered division of labor in prehistoric times

Female bodies have an advantage in endurance ability that means Paleolithic women likely hunted game, not just gathered plants. The story is written in living and ancient human bodies.

Cara Ocobock, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame • conversation
Nov. 17, 2023 • ~12 min

These animal interactions are risks for future pandemics

A new report is the first to comprehensively map networks of animal commerce that fuel zoonotic disease risk in the US.

Peggy McGlone-NYU • futurity
July 6, 2023 • ~10 min

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