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A Killer's Charm
The story of a marine predator that has inspired both fear and fascination for generations.
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The Night Watch
In Playa Grande, Costa Rica, more than 20 years of egg poaching consumed a generation of leatherback sea turtles.
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Save the Forest for the Trees
Deforestation is Threatening Critical Ecosystems Around the World
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The Anthropocene and You: How Earthwatch citizen scientists can support environmental stewardship
Drs. Steve Mamet and LeeAnn Fishback are the lead scientists on the Earthwatch expeditions Climate Change at the Arctic’s Edge and Climate Change in the Mackenzie Mountains…
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How Bees And ‘Chili Grenades’ Can Prevent Human-Elephant Conflict
A strobe light, a roman candle, and a “chili grenade” (which, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, is a condom filled with chili powder, small rocks, and a firecra…
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Investigating Threats to Chimps in Uganda
As food supplies in Uganda’s Budongo Forest Reserve decline, chimpanzees and other primate species that call it home are increasingly raiding nearby farms, where they come into…
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The Vigilant Fight to Save South Africa’s Rhinos
Widespread poaching is decimating rhino populations.
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I never came back…
I came back from Brazil four years ago, but I never really came back. And I know that any Earthwatch fellow will tell you the exact same thing…
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Mongolia: ‘A Place Full of Treasures’
In September 2015, photographer Kofi Opoku-Ansah and his girlfriend Kim traveled to Mongolia on Earthwatch’s Wildlife of the Mongolian Steppe expedition.
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Declining Leopard Populations in South Africa Prompt a Call to Action for Earthwatch
In November 2015, Earthwatch Research Director D…
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A “Peak” at the Importance of Mountain Ecosystems
Bernat Claramunt Lopez is Earthwatch’s lead scientist for the expedition “Wildlife in the Changing Andorran Pyrenees.” Bernat works with volunteer teams to assess the impact of…
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From Los Angeles to the Arctic Tundra: a Teacher Transformed
Steve Lux has been a math and science teacher in the Los Angeles area for 28 years…
