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Black Herbalism's Healing Legacy

A descendant of enslaved people deepens her knowledge of her heritage and her ecosystem as she helps revive the tradition known as Black herbalism

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How Radim Schreiber Photographed One Firefly’s Flash of Hope

Photographer Radim Schreiber discusses capturing his image of a punctuate firefly—the Garden for Wildlife Photo Contest grand prize winner—in his backyard

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Urban Orchards Bear Fruit for All

On the rise in cities nationwide, urban orchards—or even just a few native fruit-bearing trees—provide perennial food sources for humans and wildlife

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Return of the Grizzly

In Washington state’s North Cascades National Park, federal biologists will reintroduce grizzly bears decades after the predators were eradicated statewide

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NWF and Affiliate News: ‘The Americas,’ Habitat Stewards, Caring for Carolina

NWF celebrates wildlife with NBC’s ‘The Americas’; plus, educating future habitat stewards and 'plishing' in South Carolina

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For Dornith Doherty, Artistic Inspiration Sprouts From Seed

Following the germ of an idea, artist Dornith Doherty visited a seed bank and came away with a series of works lauding efforts to staunch biodiversity collapse

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Photos: The Rare but Powerful Pecos Sunflower

The threatened Pecos sunflower bathes a pocket of the U.S. Southwest in vibrant color, supporting native pollinators and even fish in wetlands known as ciénegas

Nishant Shah Is Thinking Global, Acting Local

Young conservationist and NWF staff member Nishant Shah brings his work on the Great Lakes to the United Nations’ Ocean Decade

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NWF View: Threatened Monarchs Need Our Help

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing monarchs as threatened, and we all have to pitch in, says NWF President & CEO Collin O’Mara

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Photos: The Quiet Wonder of Vernal Pools

Ephemeral and fragile, vernal pools nurture a surprising variety of specialized animal species well adapted to these seasonal spring wetlands

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Photos: Fighting Chytrid in Frogs, One Bath at a Time

Could soaking Cascades frogs in an antifungal slurry be key to stopping chytrid—with broader implications for a disease that has ravaged amphibians worldwide?

Crossword: Vice Versa

Do you know your lepidoptera? Test your skill in our spring crossword!

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DDT's Long Tail in the Arkansas Delta

Why did traces of DDT show up in a southeastern bat colony more than 40 years after the pesticide was banned—and what could it mean for humans and wildlife?