Science is the best (local, regional, national, global) policy

Careful siting of renewable energy development seems to play a key role in minimizing impacts to wildlife, but this requires detailed knowledge of where animals breed, winter, and migrate. To address this need, BRI established a wildlife and...
20-Jan-2023 4:50 PM EST Add to Favorites

Something to (re)think about

BRI’s field biologists seek out opportunities that put them into close contact with the natural world. In fact, those encounters captivate, awaken, and spark their motivation and passion.
20-Jan-2023 4:50 PM EST Add to Favorites

VIDEO

Celebrating 25 Years of Innovative Wildlife Science

BRI is proud to tell its story in a new video featuring stunning cinematography that captures the work we do and why we do it.
20-Jan-2023 4:50 PM EST Add to Favorites

Heroes in the wild

Julia Gulka tackles emerging environmental issues in an office surrounded by photographs, illustrations, and personal watercolor paintings of the birds she studies and the places she has traveled.
20-Jan-2023 4:45 PM EST Add to Favorites

Science outside the box

On the remote island of Rota, a tiny dot in the vastness of Oceania, a group of field biologists from distant places join forces each year to study threatened and endangered species of bats, indigenous crows, and other wildlife. In 2017, New Zealand...
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Options to holistically account for chemical pollutants threatening biodiversity

The threat chemical pollution poses to biodiversity on a global scale has been acknowledged in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. In its current form, Target 7 proposes to regulate the release of chemicals to the environment and names...
6-Dec-2022 2:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Scientists Say Global Biodiversity Framework Falls Short on Chemicals and Other Contaminants

BRI is part of an international group of scientists who published a joint letter in Science, just prior to the next round of international negotiations on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. This letter urges more attention to the diversity...
17-Jun-2022 10:55 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New Study Shows High Levels of Mercury in the Peruvian Amazon

New study Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining published in Nature Communications. An international team of researchers documented substantial mercury accumulation in soils, biomass, and...
28-Jan-2022 4:05 PM EST Add to Favorites