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In a recent interview with Groupon Grassroots (the community fundraising arm of discount dealer Groupon), actor Edward Norton spoke of his environmental conservation efforts around the globe -- just in time for Earth Day. That's right; if you didn't know, the star of Fight Club, American History X,...

"My father was a big-game hunter," John Kasaona tells me as we watch an African hawk eagle circling above us somewhere in the endless desert of northwestern Namibia. "We never went hungry. He would kill an elephant and we would eat biltong for six months. My dad would wrap the tusks in blankets and...

We have all seen videos of parkour free runners performing impossible-seeming stunts across urban features. But now, a team of researchers are using these athletes to gain a better understanding of how orangutans move through trees. A group of parkour athletes are asked to move through a canopy-lik...

Researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have found the breeding area of the elusive large-billed reed warbler. That's a big deal, because according to BirdLife International, the species is the world's "least-known bird." The distinction may sound ominous, but it's als...

This wind turbine invention spares birds and bats while remaining quiet and scalable.