NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Even ugly animals can win hearts and dollars to save them from extinction

  • Written by Diogo Veríssimo, David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
imageIt can be easier to raise money to aid animals like these African elephants than species that are more threatened with extinction but get humans less excited. www.shutterstock.com

The Earth is home to millions of species, but you wouldn’t know it from the media’s obsession with only a few dozen animals like tigers and gorillas.

This...

Read more: Even ugly animals can win hearts and dollars to save them from extinction

More Articles ...

  1. Government action isn't enough for climate change. The private sector can cut billions of tons of carbon
  2. Marine Le Pen didn't win over women. Can anyone on the far right?
  3. Can yoga be Christian?
  4. What happened to the openly gay athlete?
  5. Challenging the status quo in mathematics: Teaching for understanding
  6. Reverse engineering mysterious 500-million-year-old fossils that confound our tree of life
  7. ATMs dispense more than money: The dirt and dope that's on your cash
  8. Most expensive race in House history turns out nearly 58 percent of Georgia district's voters
  9. Fixing a toxic culture like Uber's requires more than just a new CEO
  10. Why there are costs to moral outrage
  11. Will guilty verdict in teen texting suicide case lead to new laws on end-of-life issues?
  12. How secure are today's ATMs? 5 questions answered
  13. When – and why – did people first start using money?
  14. Amazon dives into groceries with Whole Foods: Five questions answered
  15. Julius Caesar in our times
  16. American slavery: Separating fact from myth
  17. How US gun control compares to the rest of the world
  18. Even though genetic information is available, doctors may be ignoring important clinical clues
  19. Do happy faces or sad faces raise more money?
  20. Does hookup culture differ on Catholic campuses?
  21. Once at the vanguard of national policy, California plays defense under Trump
  22. Trump nods to Cuban exiles, rolls back ties: Experts react
  23. Is lead in the US food supply decreasing our IQ?
  24. Can tiny Qatar keep defying its powerful neighbors? It may be up to Washington
  25. How a journalism class is teaching middle schoolers to fight fake news
  26. The Fresh Air Fund's complicated racial record
  27. Was Trump's 'hope' Comey's command? We asked a language expert
  28. Navigating the tricky waters of being a stepdad
  29. In Tupac's life, the struggles and triumphs of a generation
  30. What Sharia law means: Five questions answered
  31. Why treating breast cancer with less may be more
  32. From the Pentagon Papers to Trump: How the government gained the upper hand against leakers
  33. Want to understand the British election? Look online and listen to grime
  34. The UK's plan to deny terrorists 'safe spaces' online would make us all less safe in the long run
  35. As Fed 'returns to normal,' is the risk of recession rising?: Experts react
  36. Silent partners: Are earthworms creating pathways for invasive plants?
  37. Dear students, what you post can wreck your life
  38. Did Sessions and Trump conspire to obstruct justice?
  39. Helping or hacking? Engineers and ethicists must work together on brain-computer interface technology
  40. Why the South still has such high HIV rates
  41. The rise – and possible fall – of the graphing calculator
  42. Matchmaker, matchmaker, find me a school: College admissions in China
  43. Climate change is shrinking the Colorado River
  44. What went wrong with the F-35, Lockheed Martin's Joint Strike Fighter?
  45. Cities can jump-start climate progress by plugging in their vehicles
  46. Do poor people eat more junk food than wealthier Americans?
  47. Future of unions in balance as Trump prepares to reshape national labor board
  48. Are jokesters screwing up our data on gay teenagers?
  49. Can people 'like me' go to college? Inequality and dreams of higher ed
  50. Is Trump's definition of 'the rule of law' the same as the US Constitution's?