The Center for Biological Diversity is a leading organization of lawyers, scientists, and activists fighting for endangered species and habitat protections across the planet.
Link to learn

The Center for Biological Diversity is a leading organization of lawyers, scientists, and activists fighting for endangered species and habitat protections across the planet.
Link to learn more: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org

Did you know mountain lions are more related to housecats than lions? It’s true!

But their lives aren’t nearly as easy — especially in the urban wildlands of

Did you know mountain lions are more related to housecats than lions? It’s true!

But their lives aren’t nearly as easy — especially in the urban wildlands of Central California, where cityscape meets a wilderness fragmented by freeways and development.

These puma kittens act just like housecat kittens. You can even hear Mom purr.

Footage courtesy National Park Service.

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About the Center:

The Center for Biological Diversity is a 501c3 nonprofit headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. At the Center, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive.

We want those who come after us to inherit a world where the wild is still alive.

Need a dopamine boost? Take a minute to watch some baby kit fox siblings frolicking near a California den site on Instagram or YouTube.

These tiny foxes — North America’s

Need a dopamine boost? Take a minute to watch some baby kit fox siblings frolicking near a California den site on Instagram or YouTube.

These tiny foxes — North America’s smallest native canines — often move den sites to keep predators (like coyotes) guessing. They can use more than 60 different dens over the course of a year.

For decades the Center has been fighting to save these cute foxes from habitat loss, oil and gas development, rodenticides, and other threats.

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About the Center:

The Center for Biological Diversity is a 501c3 nonprofit headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. At the Center, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive.

We want those who come after us to inherit a world where the wild is still alive.

The Center for Biological Diversity is a leading organization of lawyers, scientists, and activists fighting for endangered species and habitat protections across the planet.
Link to learn

The Center for Biological Diversity is a leading organization of lawyers, scientists, and activists fighting for endangered species and habitat protections across the planet.
Link to learn more: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org

The Center for Biological Diversity is a leading organization of lawyers, scientists, and activists fighting for endangered species and habitat protections across the planet.

Link to

The Center for Biological Diversity is a leading organization of lawyers, scientists, and activists fighting for endangered species and habitat protections across the planet.

Link to learn more: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org
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About the Center:

The Center for Biological Diversity is a 501c3 nonprofit headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. At the Center, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive.

We want those who come after us to inherit a world where the wild is still alive.

Imagine an underground web of mind-boggling complexity, a bustling cosmopolis beneath your feet. Quadrillions of miles of tiny threads in the soil pulsate with real-time messages, trade vital

Imagine an underground web of mind-boggling complexity, a bustling cosmopolis beneath your feet. Quadrillions of miles of tiny threads in the soil pulsate with real-time messages, trade vital nutrients, and form life-giving symbiotic partnerships. This is the mysterious realm of fungi. Acclaimed visionary biologists Toby Kiers and Merlin Sheldrake guide us through the intricate wonders of the mycorrhizal fungal networks that make life on Earth possible.


This is an episode of Nature's Genius, a Bioneers limited series. Visit the series page to learn more.


Featuring


Toby Kiers, Ph.D., is the Executive Director and Chief Scientist of SPUN (the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks) (https://www.spun.earth/) and a Professor of Evolutionary Biology at VU, Amsterdam.


Merlin Sheldrake, Ph.D., is a biologist and writer with a background in plant sciences, microbiology, ecology, and the history and philosophy of science. He is currently a research associate of the Vrije University Amsterdam, works with the SPUN, and sits on the advisory board of the Fungi Foundation (https://www.ffungi.org/) .


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Executive Producer: Kenny Ausubel


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Written by: Cathy Edwards and Kenny Ausubel


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Produced by: Cathy Edwards


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Senior Producer: Stephanie Welch


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Program Engineer and Music Supervisor: Emily Harris


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Host and Consulting Producer: Neil Harvey


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Producer: Teo Grossman


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Graphic Design: Megan Howe



Resources


Merlin Sheldrake – How Fungi Make our Worlds (https://bioneers.org/merlin-sheldrake-fungi-make-worlds-zstf2404/) | Bioneers 2024 Keynote


Merlin Sheldrake and Toby Kiers – Mapping, Protecting and Harnessing the Mycorrhizal Networks that Sustain Life on Earth (https://bioneers.org/merlin-sheldrake-and-toby-kiers-mapping-protecting-and-harnessing-the-mycorrhizal-networks-that-sustain-life-on-earth/) | Bioneers 2024 Panel Discussion


Interview with Merlin Sheldrake, Author of Entangled Life (https://bioneers.org/interview-merlin-sheldrake-entangled-life-ztvz2007/)


Deep Dive: Intelligence in Nature (https://bioneers.org/intelligence-in-nature-media-collection/)


Earthlings: Intelligence in Nature (https://bioneers.org/earthlings/) | Bioneers Newsletter


SPUN (the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks) (https://www.spun.earth/)


Fungi Foundation (https://www.ffungi.org/)