quote [ Little-appreciated, semiaquatic, and cute-as-hell, muskrats can survive almost anywhere. So where are they? ]

quote [ What can 24 nights solo in our endangered Okefenokee Swamp reveal? Photographer David Walter Banks found something wild and haunting and alive. This is his tale - in words and art. ]

quote [ As the Great Salt Lake in Utah shrinks, locals are working to preserve its critical brine shrimp fishery?along with the other entities that flourish in the lake?s strange, saline beauty. ]

quote [ Urban seagulls get a bad press but we must learn to live alongside them, say conservation experts. ]

quote [ Millions of killer culverts lurk beneath North American roadways, strangling populations of migratory fish. Now with a nationwide project, the United States is trying to fix them. ]

quote [ The trend is bad news for animal shelters and wildlife alike. ]

quote [ A new database catalogs 16,000 chemicals found in plastics and identifies more than 4,200 that are potentially hazardous to human health and the environment ]

quote [ Active in daylight during the Arctic summer and hibernating during the long winter nights, Alaska?s little brown bats are a unique population. Can their niche lives help them avoid white-nose syndrome? ]

quote [ As dams come down on the Skutik River, the once-demonized alewife?a fish beloved by the Passamaquoddy?gets a second chance at life. ]

quote [ A Chicago startup has turned a fungus found by NASA into a protein-packed food ]