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Should we protect nature for its own sake? For its economic value? Because it makes us happy? Yes

  • Written by Bradley J. Cardinale, Department Head, Ecosystem Science and Management, Penn State
imageA ladybug crawls on a paloverde flower in Joshua Tree National Park, California.Hannah Schwalbe, NPS/Flickr

As spring phases into summer in North America, with trees flowering and birds migrating, nature seems abundant. In fact, however, the Earth is losing animals, birds, reptiles and other living things so fast that some scientists believe the...

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