Leah Shaffer is a freelance science writer based in St. Louis. Her stories has appeared in Scholastic Instructor magazine, Science, Discover, Wired and the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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From Beetles to Butterflies, Scientists and Landowners are Working Together to Bring Endangered Insects Back from the Brink
But there’s another story that the American burying beetle is a part of. It’s the less-told but equally important story of bringing uncharismatic minifauna back from the brink through cooperation among sometimes-opposing groups: private landowners, public officials and conservation activists.
June 1, 2020
