Crossing Boundaries

Nearly 20% of all people-more than a billion-now live within biodiversity hotspots, and their growth rate is faster than the human population at large. This article presents nine steps to reduce biodiversity loss, with a goal of relegating human-caused extinctions to the wrongs of the past.

Naturalists who capture their observations on videotape (or other digital media) are invited to publish their work online in short video-annotated stories.

Naturalists who capture their observations on videotape (or other digital media) are invited to publish their work online in short video-annotated stories.

60 Minutes on CBS News: The Great Migration - Scott Pelley visits Kenya, the site of the great wildebeest migration, and looks at the threats to this natural spectacle comprised of over a million animals.

New York Nature Explorer is an online tool for finding out about the animals, plants and habitats in your neighborhood or area of interest. As a gateway to biodiversity information, it is intended for landowners, land managers, citizens, municipal officials, planners, consultants, project developers, researchers, students, and anyone else interested in the natural world. Nature Explorer currently contains information on birds, reptiles, amphibians, rare animals, rare plants, and significant natural communities.

Nature Explorer currently contains information on birds, reptiles, amphibians, rare animals, rare plants, and significant natural communities.

US ecoregions and impacts of climate change

fact sheet on how climate change affects birds

poster map of Eastern U.S. forests, protected lands, and risks

map of Eastern U.S. forests, protected lands, and risks

This might be a good source of examples of scientists doing cool work.