COVID-19 Is Crushing Conservation Groups
Huge numbers of sandhill cranes stop in the Platte River basin for rest and food before resuming their migration north.Nati Harnik/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Undark and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. On March 12, an estimated 541,000…
This Pandemic Has Reignited a Passionate Debate Over Bats and Disease
Geoff Brooks/Unsplash For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Undark and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. In the past few months, Arinjay Banerjee has gotten an unexpected taste of Internet fame. Since December, when news of COVID-19 began to shudder across…
This Is What Scientific Fieldwork Is Like During the Time of COVID-19
Once the experiments are set up, humans can hang back for a while. This cage was placed in peaceful Cedar Lake, British Columbia, in 2015. Thor Veen For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Atlas Obscura and appears here as part of our Climate…
These Scientists Saw COVID-19 Coming. Now They’re Trying to Stop the Next Pandemic Before It Starts.
PREDICT team members sample wildlife in the field in Sierra Leone.Simon Townsley/PREDICT For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. It was late one night in January 2009, and Jonathan Epstein was standing on…
Superheroes and Accountable Leaders Are in Short Supply. So 4 Kids Decided to Invent Them.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. As school closures sweep the world and affect more than 55 million US students, kids are finding creative ways to…
Farmers on Remote Island Fight Food Insecurity With Their Flock
A little goat.Paul Zinken/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Canada’s National Observer and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Goats are an overlooked tool in the arsenal for rural, isolated communities to improve their resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic,…