How Wild Predators can Benefit Humans
I recently found a fascinating article on Cool Green Science byJustine E. Hausheer. It covers an important topic: how wild predators can benefit humans. For centuries, many human cultures around the world…
Author: Josh Gross
Wildlife, social science, conservation, and scicomm.
Happy Global Tiger Day!
Today, July 29, is Global Tiger Day. It is a day set aside to honor and protect the most magnificent cat of all, the tiger (Panthera tigris). The Situation Tigers…
New Study Explores the Range Collapse of Asiatic Cheetahs
Introduction The Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is in dire straits. There may be as few as 50 individuals left, placing this Critically Endangered subspecies on the brink of extinction.…
Awesome New National Parks-Related Sweepstakes
I just learned about an awesome new sweepstakes that I have to share with all of you. My favorite coffee roaster, La Colombe, is teaming up with three other organizations…
Q&A with Katey Duffey about the Tulsi Foundation
Introduction In December of 2015, Katey Duffey became this site’s first Q&A participant. Back then, she was studying snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in western Mongolia. Now, however, Katey is a…
Guest Underground Society Post by Josh Gross
Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing:
? I want to give thanks to Josh Gross for contributing this excellent post to my blog. Please be sure to…
When the Cat’s Away: Pumas in the Eastern United States – Part 1
Introduction The following is a guest post from Jessica Turner, whom you may remember from this Q&A. It is the first installment in a two-part series about pumas (Puma concolor)…
Journey to Belize: The End
This post completes the retelling of my 2017 trip to Belize: participating in an archaeology field school and meeting with jaguar experts. The previous post in this series can be…
The Jaguar 