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The Nature CaseThe Florida Panther — An Endangered Predator
The Florida Panther: An Endangered Predator Fighting to Survive Deep in the wetlands and forests of southern Florida, one of America's rarest wild cats is…
The Nature CaseThe Communities That Fought to Protect Bristol Bay
The Communities That Fought to Protect Bristol Bay Deep in southwestern Alaska lies Bristol Bay, home to one of the world's most important wild salmon…
The Nature CaseDeepwater Horizon — The Gulf Oil Disaster
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: When an Offshore Disaster Spread Across the Gulf On April 20, 2010, an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig…
The Nature CaseThe Criminal Networks Profiting from Nature
The Criminal Networks Profiting From Nature: Inside a Global Environmental Crime Operation Illegal deforestation, wildlife trafficking, and illegal mining are…
The Nature CaseThe Chemical Dumping Case That Ended in Prison
The Chemical Dumping Case That Ended in Prison In 2018, a disturbing discovery near Albuquerque, New Mexico, exposed a dangerous case of illegal chemical…
The Nature CaseThe Fire That Devastated Altadena
The Fire That Devastated Altadena: The Eaton Fire Mystery In January 2025, a devastating wildfire tore through Altadena, California, destroying thousands of…
The Nature CaseThe Shipping Lanes That Helped Protect Whales
The Shipping Lanes That Helped Protect Whales: How Science Changed the Route Every day, massive cargo ships cross the ocean, but beneath the surface, some of…
The Nature CaseThe Forest That Was Turned into a Growing Site
The Forest That Became an Illegal Growing Site: A Real Environmental Crime Imagine discovering thousands of illegal marijuana plants growing deep inside a…
The Nature CaseThe Plants Stolen from the Wild
The Plant Stolen from the Wild: The Dark Side of Rare Plant Collecting What if a beautiful, rare succulent in someone's collection was stolen straight from the…
The Nature CaseSelfie Bear — The Cub That Got a Second Chance
Selfie Bear: The Bear Cub That Got a Second Chance A viral photo opportunity turned into a dangerous situation for a young black bear cub in Asheville, North…
The Nature CaseThe Illegal Dumping Scheme
The Illegal Dumping Scheme: Environmental Crime, Bribery, and Fraud What happens when public land becomes part of an illegal dumping operation—and the people…
The Nature CaseBringing the Redwoods Back
Bringing the Redwoods Back: Restoring a Damaged Forest For decades, large-scale logging transformed parts of California’s iconic redwood forests, leaving…
The Nature CaseThe Plastic That Never Truly Disappears
The Plastic That Never Truly Disappears What happens to a plastic bottle after you throw it away? You might never see it again, but that doesn't mean it's…
The Nature CaseThe River That Caught Fire
The River That Caught Fire A river caught fire in the middle of an American city. It sounds impossible, but in 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio…
The Nature CaseThe Blast Beneath the Water
The Blast Beneath the Water — The Hidden Cost of Blast Fishing A single explosion underwater can last only a few seconds. But what happens to a coral reef…
The Nature CaseThe Rescue of Two Orangutans
The Rescue of Two Orangutans When a forest burns, the damage doesn't end when the flames disappear. In West Kalimantan, two orangutans—a mother known as Mama…
The Nature CaseWhen Elephants and People Cross Paths
When Elephants and People Cross Paths What happens when a wild elephant crosses into an area where people live and work? In North Sumatra, an ordinary fishing…
The Nature CaseThe Pipe to the River
The Pipe to the River Sometimes environmental pollution doesn't begin with an explosion or a dramatic disaster. Sometimes, it starts quietly—with a pipe…
The Nature CaseThe Reptiles Hidden in the Car
The Reptiles Hidden in the Car A car crossing the U.S.-Mexico border might look completely ordinary. But hidden inside was something far more disturbing…
The Nature CaseThe 315 Kilograms of Red Snapper
The 315 Kilograms of Red Snapper One small fishing boat. Four fishermen. Around 1,200 hooks. And nearly 315 kilograms of red snapper taken from U.S. waters…
The Nature CaseThe Fire That Burned More Than 480 Hectares
More than 480 hectares of the Brazilian Amazon were burned in a single fire. But investigators found that this was not simply an ordinary wildfire. In Boca do…
The Nature CaseThe Gold Mine in the Forest
Deep inside a forest in Nabire, Central Papua, authorities uncovered an illegal gold mining operation on a massive scale. Heavy machinery, a huge area of…
The Nature CaseThe Chainsaw in the Forest
A chainsaw in the middle of a forest. In Jambi, Indonesia, one simple sound led a patrol team to an alleged illegal logging operation near Bukit Tigapuluh…
The Nature CaseThe Important Role of Monitor Lizards in the Wild
The Important Role of Monitor Lizards in the Wild Often seen as dangerous reptiles or valuable sources of skin and meat, monitor lizards play a much bigger…