# state nature (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier

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## [Biodiversity is declining. Conservation works. So what's holding us back?](https://ruththornton.substack.com/p/biodiversity-is-declining-conservation)

_2026-08-14 · Ruth Thornton · Nature Signals_

From bald eagles to butterflies, recovery stories prove that protecting nature is possible—but public awareness and political will remain critical.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211193464/ac2e57de513192997fe1e272b16ee94d.mp3)

## [Insect declines began decades earlier than scientists thought, study finds](https://ruththornton.substack.com/p/insect-declines-began-decades-earlier)

_2026-08-07 · Ruth Thornton · Nature Signals_

Nearly a century of records reveals butterfly and beetle losses started long before the ‘insect apocalypse’ alarm was raised.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210266562/3d2be4a2b646642a985eb0ba5928f1d2.mp3)

## [The State of Nature Update #28](https://ruththornton.substack.com/p/the-state-of-nature-update-28)

_2026-07-30 · Ruth Thornton · Nature Signals_

7/30/2026: India's tigers are booming but concerns remain, elusive Sunda clouded leopards caught on camera, female chickadees prefer smart males, half of migratory bird species are declining, and more

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208859183/2bad1aed1af4298bf391ce965a5e8c32.mp3)

## [Sea Otters Once Escaped Extinction. Can They Survive Forever Chemicals?](https://ruththornton.substack.com/p/sea-otters-once-escaped-extinction)

_2026-07-23 · Ruth Thornton · Nature Signals_

Sea otters survived centuries of hunting, but scientists now warn that persistent PFAS pollution could threaten one of the Pacific coast's most important marine mammals.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208226494/14f71357e81441f6fdbae57b04d26fda.mp3)

## [The hidden costs of beautiful gardens: How invasive plants rewrite butterfly romance](https://ruththornton.substack.com/p/the-hidden-costs-of-beautiful-gardens)

_2026-07-17 · Ruth Thornton · Nature Signals_

Ornamental flowers that brighten our gardens could be quietly harming butterflies in ways scientists are only beginning to understand, according to a new study

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207467162/3ad183006e84cbf77e22e64a4578c3cd.mp3)

## [The State of Nature Update #27](https://ruththornton.substack.com/p/the-state-of-nature-update-27)

_2026-07-09 · Ruth Thornton · Nature Signals_

7/9/2026: Ukraine's embattled bison, Ice Age squirrel poop shows they ate dead mammoths, California's wild horse roundup creates controversy, bats are confused by radiation, and more.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205954259/5fd348ab96d91e5858603c0a9cbc6df2.mp3)

## [How Scientists Are Giving Rare Turtle Babies a Head Start on Life](https://ruththornton.substack.com/p/how-scientists-are-giving-rare-turtle)

_2026-07-02 · Ruth Thornton · Nature Signals_

By raising hatchlings in captivity through their first winter, researchers hope more threatened turtles survive to adulthood.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204549667/a9a2853c3a5e55235eaa9aa08e6d3377.mp3)

## [Climate change is already causing local extinctions. The biggest surprise is where.](https://ruththornton.substack.com/p/climate-change-is-already-causing)

_2026-06-25 · Ruth Thornton · Nature Signals_

Scientists expected tropical species to be hardest hit. Instead, nearly half of animals and plants in North America and Europe are disappearing from parts of their range.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203481762/e7ca93fc88cb51fd2e824e97fe854fed.mp3)

## [Wolves could expand across the eastern U.S. - but they might need help](https://ruththornton.substack.com/p/wolves-could-expand-across-the-eastern-fff)

_2026-06-13 · Ruth Thornton · Nature Signals_

New research finds large areas of suitable habitat remain, but highways, cities and human conflict may prevent wolves from returning on their own.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201806492/71548f6be666c0632d0059f5b60ff6a5.mp3)

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## [The State of Nature Update #26 Podcast](https://ruththornton.substack.com/p/the-state-of-nature-update-26-podcast)

_2026-06-10 · Ruth Thornton · Nature Signals_

6/6/2026: Elephant poop's outsized effects on habitat, death of a butterfly's last caterpillar, daddy longlegs hunt frogs, tracking a nesting sea turtle, conservation as a solution for climate change.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201482992/a56f8ce617db37a7dfedff5213cc2e2c.mp3)