Troubling news for monarch butterfly populations

Troubling news for monarch butterfly populations


Published March 20, 2023 at 07:00PM
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Rare video of tigress and three cubs in Thailand

Rare video of tigress and three cubs in Thailand
With only 148-189 wild tigers in all of Thailand, a tiger sighting is rare and even rarer to see a tigress with three well-developed cubs.

Published March 02, 2023 at 06:00PM
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Righting the wrongs of history and building a sustainable future

Righting the wrongs of history and building a sustainable future
The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation® aims to help families establish legal ownership of land that was passed down without a will and create a sustainable future for generations.

Published February 22, 2023 at 06:00PM
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WWF’s Dechen Dorji on keeping the spirit of the Year of the Tiger close to our hearts

WWF’s Dechen Dorji on keeping the spirit of the Year of the Tiger close to our hearts
Tigers have faced unprecedented threats for many years, but conservation efforts over the past decade have shown that recovering tigers from the brink of extinction is possible when we work together.

Published February 20, 2023 at 06:00PM
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What is green hydrogen, and how can it help tackle the climate crisis?

What is green hydrogen, and how can it help tackle the climate crisis?
Here's how green hydrogen can help tackle the climate crisis.

Published February 06, 2023 at 06:00PM
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EPA blocks catastrophic mining project in Bristol Bay, Alaska

EPA blocks catastrophic mining project in Bristol Bay, Alaska
The US EPA took a major step toward protecting one of the world’s most important wild salmon fisheries in Bristol Bay, Alaska, by blocking a potentially catastrophic copper and gold mining project.

Published January 30, 2023 at 06:00PM
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Protecting the Amazon's swimways

Protecting the Amazon's swimways
WWF and partners reviewed the use of more than 200,000 miles of Amazonian rivers by long-distance migratory fish and turtle species and river dolphins to map the most important routes.

Published January 24, 2023 at 06:00PM
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Eliminating fisheries crime calls for innovative partnerships. WWF just helped launch one.

Eliminating fisheries crime calls for innovative partnerships. WWF just helped launch one.
WWF and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s Global Maritime Crime Program have launched a new partnership to advance innovative knowledge-sharing to protect the waters around Ecuador.

Published January 16, 2023 at 06:00PM
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Stethoscope

Stethoscope: A surprising investigation of a scientific instrument long at the pulse of medicine.   This book explores the colorful past, present, and future of an instrument that is, quite literally, close to our hearts. The stethoscope has become the symbol of medicine itself—how did this come to be? What makes the stethoscope such a familiar yet charismatic object? Drawing from a range of fields including history, anthropology, science, technology, and sound studies, the book illustrates the variety of roles the stethoscope has played over time. It shows that the stethoscope is not, and has never been, a single entity. It is used to a variety of ends, serves several purposes, and is open to many interpretations. This variability is the key to the stethoscope’s enduring presence in the medical and popular imagination.

Dr. Nurse

Dr. Nurse: An analysis of the efforts of American nurses to establish nursing as an academic discipline and nurses as valued researchers in the decades after World War II. Nurses represent the largest segment of the U.S. health care workforce and spend significantly more time with patients than any other member of the health care team. Dr. Nurse probes their history to examine major changes that have taken place in American health care in the second half of the twentieth century. The book reveals how federal and state health and higher education policies shaped education within health professions after World War II. Starting in the 1950s, academic nurses sought to construct a science of nursing—distinct from that of the related biomedical or behavioral sciences—that would provide the basis for nursing practice. Their efforts transformed nursing’s labor into a valuable site of knowledge production and proved how the application of their knowledge was integral to improving patient outcomes. Exploring the knowledge claims, strategies, and politics involved as academic nurses negotiated their roles and nursing’s future, Dr. Nurse highlights how state-supported health centers have profoundly shaped nursing education and health care delivery.

5 ways WWF helped fight the climate crisis in 2022

5 ways WWF helped fight the climate crisis in 2022
Here are five ways that WWF helped to fight the climate crisis in 2022.

Published December 27, 2022 at 06:00PM
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A big win for the planet – and people – in Alaska

A big win for the planet – and people – in Alaska
A 44,000-acre conservation easement will protect four of the world's most important rivers for salmon habitat.

Published December 21, 2022 at 06:00PM
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World strikes agreement to stop biodiversity loss

World strikes agreement to stop biodiversity loss
In a big win for biodiversity, countries struck a global agreement to halt and reverse nature loss during negotiations in Montreal.

Published December 18, 2022 at 06:00PM
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3 ways the US is taking action to protect biodiversity

3 ways the US is taking action to protect biodiversity
These actions send a signal to the world, but there’s a lot more to do

Published December 14, 2022 at 06:00PM
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Atlantic Forest Declared UN World Restoration Flagship

Atlantic Forest Declared UN World Restoration Flagship


Published December 13, 2022 at 06:00PM
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Conservation highlights of 2022

Conservation highlights of 2022
Despite the dual threats of a rapidly warming planet and declining biodiversity, we still made major conservation strides toward protecting wildlife, wild places, and people in 2022.

Published December 12, 2022 at 06:00PM
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Abandoning the carton: how bulk milk dispensers can help schools reduce waste

Abandoning the carton: how bulk milk dispensers can help schools reduce waste


Published December 06, 2022 at 06:00PM
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Meet Alexia Leclercq, WWF’s 2022 Conservation Leadership Award Winner

Meet Alexia Leclercq, WWF’s 2022 Conservation Leadership Award Winner
Leclercq is a grassroots organizer, educator, scholar, and artist whose primary focus is on environmental justice.

Published December 07, 2022 at 06:00PM
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Abandoning the carton: how milk distribution can help schools reduce waste

Abandoning the carton: how milk distribution can help schools reduce waste


Published December 06, 2022 at 06:00PM
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Making Sense of Medicine

Making Sense of Medicine: A critical reflection on the relationship between materials and the reproduction of medical knowledge.  Medical knowledge manifests in materials, and materials are integral to the reproduction of medical knowledge. From the novice student to the expert practitioner, those who study and work in and around medicine rely on material guidance in their everyday practice and as they seek to further their craft. To that end, this edited collection brings together historians, anthropologists, educators, artists, and curators to explore the role of materiality in medical education.  With a broad temporal focus and international scope, the volume focuses on the materials, objects, tools, and technologies that facilitate the reproduction of medical knowledge and often also reify understandings of medical science. Experimental in form and supplemented with ethnographic, museological, and historical cases from around the world, this edited volume is the first to fully explore the matter of medical education in the modern world.