Exactly one year ago, Assistant Professor Ben Vollaard of Tilburg University and Dutch daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad started the crowdsourcing project "Wilding the Garden." The purpose of the project was to allow people ...
Ecology
Apr 5, 2023
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When I was sixteen, I trekked for miles up untraversed trails in Sonoma County, California, in search of mountain lion dens and sites where cougars eat their prey. (Mountain lions, pumas, panthers, and cougars are all names ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2023
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In Britain, people imagine poverty as mainly an urban phenomenon. We think of poverty as rundown housing estates or tower blocks, far from the idyllic countryside scenes of shows like Escape to the Country.
Social Sciences
Mar 13, 2023
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Around 97% of all metropolitan areas in the United States have insufficient open space, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. In the paper "Open Space ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2023
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For family members unexpectedly taking care of a relative's child during the opioid crisis, it can be difficult to navigate the legal waters of assuming custody. The process may be easier—and come with more support—if ...
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2023
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With the youngest baby boomers sliding into retirement, adults aged 65 and older are expected to outnumber children by 2030. The demographic shift will be a first in U.S. history. But many rural areas, especially in the Midwest ...
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2023
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Many of the hallmarks of human civilization—from roads and power lines to pet dogs—are taking a larger-than-expected toll on non-human primates living in Africa, according to two recent studies.
Plants & Animals
Feb 8, 2023
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As extreme weather events become more often and intensify, the number of people and places exposed to flooding events is likely to grow.
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2023
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In recent years, there's been a huge, rising demand for donkey hides in China, where they are used to make an ancient health-related product called ejiao. Ejiao is made from collagen that's been extracted from donkey hides ...
Economics & Business
Feb 7, 2023
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Brown bear management and conservation are the core of heated debates in Romania. As the country harboring the largest population of brown bears in Europe, coexistence between bears and people has always been at the forefront ...
Ecology
Feb 3, 2023
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