For all the talk of invasive plants, it seems little explanation is given for how and why they got their bad rap. While most people
Present only in a handful of streams in and surrounding Birmingham, Ala., the watercress darter thrives in the deep, slow-moving backwaters of springs overflowing with
Traveling up northern California’s Klamath River to spawn, chinook salmon make a pitstop in an important cold-water tributary, called Blue Creek, to prepare themselves for
It’s that time of year again, when fishermen across North America transform into hunters. However, as disappointment over the ending of summer gives way to
Known for their subdued beauty, prairies and other native grasslands are much more complex and invaluable than their subtlety suggests — surpassed only by the
Every 30 seconds, the continental United States loses approximately a football field worth of natural area to human development, according to an August 2019 report
Defenders of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) often tout the fact that 99 percent of all species protected by the act have avoided extinction. But
When President Theodore Roosevelt created what would become the first in a system of national wildlife refuges at Florida’s Pelican Island in 1903, it was
With big-game seasons now a distant memory, the minds of many U.S. hunters are now focused on a slightly smaller, winged quarry. Reliant on extraordinary
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