The Weird, Wondrous and Vulnerable American Horseshoe Crab
I really wanted to title this blog, “Sea-Going Scorpions on the Half-Shell,” because the first time I ever saw the underside of a horseshoe crab I thought it looked like…
Deforestation Is Killing Workers in Tropical Countries
Tropical forests are one of the most lauded ecosystems on Earth. They harbor at least two-thirds of global biodiversity and can absorb billions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere.…
Mammals, Wildlife Trade + the Next Global Pandemic
New publication presents some of the first empirical evidence showing a strong association between wildlife trade and zoonotic disease risk. In fact, scientists found that slightly more than 25 percent…
Charting a Future for People and Nature in Post-COVID India
India currently (as of July 28, 2020) has the third-highest number of cases of COVID-19, after only the United States and Brazil. This has posed enormous challenges countrywide, with some…
Wildfire, Forest Restoration and Human Health
Increasingly severe wildfires have created an environmental and social crisis across the western United States. But often, the ecological and public health implications of wildfires are treated as separate issues.…