quote [ What exactly is a kumquat? For her 10th story in The Crop Cycle series, Shane Mitchell lands in a Central Florida town, where the last growers hold out against developers, to learn why these curious sweet-tart citrus cousins are so celebrated. ]

quote [ Vaquita have long been collateral damage for Mexico?s totoaba fishers, but conservationists believe there?s a solution. The only hitch? It?s illegal. ]

quote [ This denial of both the threat and our own responsibility sounds eerily familiar to those who study 19th century attitudes toward wildlife. ]

quote [ On the Pacific Northwest coast?and around the world?community archaeology is helping people reconcile with each other and their history. ]

quote [ The ocean became a dumping ground for weapons after Allied forces defeated the Nazis. Now a team of robots and divers are making the Baltic Sea safer. ]

quote [ Thirsting for knowledge at the nation?s largest repository of ticks ]

quote [ Did you know that a glass sponge could live as long as 15,000 years? They could probably live up to 40,000 years if changing sea levels weren?t a factor, and are thought by many to have the longest life span of any animal on Earth, in fact, sponges are probably the closest to what the first animals looked like. ]

quote [ The mammals were brought onto an island to cull venomous snakes, but only had eyes for the island's endangered rabbits. ]

quote [ Of course, we have a lot of room for improvement in how we think about and manage solid waste in this world. ]

quote [ Biologists are finding new bee species all over the Pacific Northwest?highlighting how little we know about native pollinators. ]