In 2011 I visited Payunia, one of the most pristine landscapes in Patagonia, as a tourist. Now, fifteen years later and working at WCS, I am working to turn this magnificent provincial reserve into a National Park. Photo courtesy Mariano Gonzalez Roglich. When most people hear the word “Patagonia,” ideas of remoteness, isolation, vastness, emptiness or desert come to mind. To me, Patagonia is home

Local PBS stations are partnering with libraries across the country to bring Sesame Street and the Great Elephant Adventure to children and families. They’ve shared their favorite books about elephants, Kenya, wildlife and conservation with NATURE and Sesame Street. Be sure to check them out at your local public library ! AGES: 0 to 4 5 to 8 9 to 12 For Grown-ups and Educators Ages 0 to 4 African

Eric Becker in his workshop. Credit: Josh Katz When most people imagine wildlife conservation, they picture volunteers rescuing a sea turtle from a tangled fishing net in the middle of the ocean or protecting wildlife corridors in Africa to connect isolated elephant populations. They most likely do not imagine someone coding in their garage in Pensacola, Florida. However, it is the code, circuit b

The smoke floating around me smelled of campfire, grass, and burnt leaves. “Give me a puff or two here,” my father said, pointing his gloved hand at the top of the open beehive. I squeezed the triangular bellows and a puff of smoke rushed across the frames, sending the numerous honeybees who were growing increasingly suspicious of me and my father down into the hive. Smoke doesn’t make honeybees “

Nature Partners with Sesame Workshop, Jane Goodall Institute, BBC and David Attenborough for New Season of Groundbreaking Natural History Specials Join Elmo on his first-ever African safari and witness Dr. Jane Goodall’s continuing legacy in chimpanzee research in a new season of television’s premier natural history series Nature . Season 45 of the primetime series will air Wednesdays at 8/7c begi

When Kh. Otgonbayar looks across the Gobi, she sees a landscape she is deeply committed to protecting. But she also sees how quickly it is changing. Otgonbayar leads the Temuulel Community-Based Organization, a group of pastoralist families working to manage their rangelands. She is also a dedicated Gobi Women Climate Champion. Over the years, she has watched freshwater springs become less reliabl

There is an invisible thread connecting Mombasa, Kenya and the coast of East Africa with Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and the vast Gobi Desert—in terms of global conservation and my own journey; let me explain. In June, my Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) colleagues and I attended the global Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, where governments and conservationists made strong commitments for actions wi

Earlier this year, our WCS Mongolia team fitted a GPS collar to a snow leopard in Mongolia’s South Gobi. We named him Sukhee. Since then, Sukhee has travelled hundreds of kilometres across unprotected rugged mountains, valleys and grasslands. Every day, new locations are sent to our screens. We see where he rests; where he hunts; which mountain ridges belong to his territory, which he shares with

This Global Tiger Day, Nepal announced that its wild tiger population has surpassed 400 individuals. To appreciate what that number represents, consider where the country started. In 2009, just 121 tigers remained in Nepal. By 2022, that number had nearly tripled to 355. Today’s milestone news of over 400 tigers marks one of the most significant recoveries of any endangered species in the world. N