Pakinam Amer: This is Scientific American’s Science Talk podcast. I’m Pakinam Amer. Today, we talk about endangered species and the complicated birth of the conservation and wildlife movement that we ...

Someone once said, “In order to know where we are going, we must know where we have been.” This certainly fits the High Plains region. As we look back, it has been nine decades since the winds of the ...

A photo of a lone white rhinoceros is projected onto a screen behind Jacob Dlamini, a Princeton University assistant professor of history, as his students argue the justification of using violence ...

In physics, the Doppler effect describes how a noise like a coming train will always sound different when it approaches than when it recedes. The noise itself is the same, but your perspective changes ...

Historically, “conservation” simply meant not overhunting a game animal, preserving sufficient populations to continue to hunt the following year. Over time, however, conservationists have learned to ...

The PA Game Commission is our state’s wildlife agency for both game and nongame wildlife. The agency announces this resource book that should be on the shelves of anyone interested in local wildlife.

For many conservation decisions, the most contested question is also the most basic: what belongs on the map? A forest may ...

Master plan for the conservation and management of the Mogao Grottoes : preparation and achievements / Fan Jinshi -- Managing cultural heritage sites : some parameters for success / Sharon Sullivan -- ...

Prince William recently spoke at one of the largest illegal wildlife summits ever held in London. He said, “Poaching is an economic crime against ordinary people and their futures.” The quote could ...

“I love to preserve history,” said second-year fellow Zoe Avery. “That’s my passion.” A paintings major in the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC), Avery’s path to ...