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• Life in the slow lane: for an animal that does little but sleep and eat, the sloth has proved to be a remarkable survivor, hanging out in tropical forests from Nicaragua to Paraguay 

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Al Gardner is a curious man. Once, while walking at night on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, the...

  Americas (English Edition), 07/01/08 by Jeffrey P. Cohn · More from publication

• The allure of anteaters: attracting increased attention from scientists and the general public alike, these endearing creatures are "ambassadors" for wildlife conservation and research 

  Jim Shaw was a man on a mission that warm, sunny afternoon in Serra da Canastra National Park in Brazil. The biologist, his colleagues, and...

  Americas (English Edition), 11/01/07 by Jeffrey P. Cohn · More from publication

• Iguanas: head for the hills: these endangered Jamaican lizards, once thought extinct from the islands, are making a comeback through projects aimed at conservation and protection 

  One hot and sunny June day, Byron Wilson walked briskly through the Hellshire Hills region of Jamaica about a dozen miles west of Kingston. He...

  Americas (English Edition), 05/01/07 by Jeffrey P. Cohn · More from publication

• Bizarre blooms of Baja: with a variety of habitats and weather conditions, this pristine peninsula harbors a range of unique plants 

  Mark Dimmitt was puzzled. The creeping devil cacti that he and his colleagues sought on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula were not where memories...

  Americas (English Edition), 03/01/06 by Jeffrey P. Cohn · More from publication

• A new breed of ranchers: landowners in Mexico's Sonoran Desert and the U.S. Southwest are implementing techniques to conserve soil and water not only for cattle but also for an improved ecosystem 

  Ivan Aguirre Ibarra bent down and dug his hands into the soil around his feet. The ground had a corrugated or rippled look and a slightly damp feel...

  Americas (English Edition), 03/01/05 by Jeffrey P. Cohn · More from publication

• Bred to soar: despite setbacks, captive-hatched California condors are now surviving at a higher rate when released into the wild 

  It was three o'clock one cold November morning two years ago, and Mike Wallace was trudging up a steep canyon in the Sierra de San Pedro Martir in...

  Americas (English Edition), 09/01/04 by Jeffrey P. Cohn · More from publication

• In the arms of the desert: the study of Sonoran saguaros, one of the world's tallest cacti, uncovers much about the survival of other plants in this extreme climate 

  It is a warm, sunny winter afternoon on Tumamoc Hill, on the west side of Tucson, Arizona. The sun lights up a multitude of saguaros and other...

  Americas (English Edition), 03/01/04 by Jeffrey P. Cohn · More from publication

• Steep slopes of recovery 

  Alejandro Espinosa was nervous. It was his first time searching for bighorn sheep in the wild. Espinosa, then a graduate student studying wildlife...

  Americas (English Edition), 07/01/03 by Jeffrey P. Cohn · More from publication

• Legal underwater monument 

  Your readers might be interested in an update on my Virgin Islands National Park stow (January-February 2003), which referred to the controversy...

  Americas (English Edition), 03/01/03 by Jeffrey P. Cohn · More from publication

• A new view of saguaros. (Feature). 

  Ray Turner aims his camera with great care at a precise spot on a nearby ridge at Saguaro National Park, east of Tucson, Arizona. First, Turner...

  BioScience, 03/01/03 by Jeffrey P. Cohn · More from publication