Donate

Murray Carpenter

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Forensic Lab in Ashland, Oregon includes a collection of reference samples of protected wildlife species. Lab staff say no animals were actually killed to build the collection.

The key to some big endangered species crime investigations is a small lab in Oregon

Environment

Trying to figure out where that confiscated rhino horn came from? Is that guitar made from a piece of endangered tropical hardwood? You might find the answers to your questions at the US Fish & Wildlife Service’s Forensic Lab in Ashland, Oregon, the only one like it in the world.Trying to figure out where that confiscated rhino horn came from? Is that guitar made from a piece of endangered tropical hardwood? You might find the answers to your questions at the US Fish & Wildlife Service’s Forensic Lab in Ashland, Oregon, the only one like it in the world.

The World

European cycling race

Sports
The World

Rock Snot

The World

Buckets of Trout

The World

Cacao crops waning

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Tracking environmental footprints

Global Politics

Correspondent Murray Carpenter reports on some of the new technologies that help consumers trace the global journey of their purchases and calculate their environmental cost.

The World

Big problems over a small fish

Conflict & Justice

Correspondent Murray Carpenter reports on a dispute along the US-Canadian border that’s got fisherman in Maine worried about a tiny herring known as the alewife.

The World

Geo answer postcard

Arts, Culture & Media

For today’s Geo Quiz, we asked what direction you’re traveling in if you’re crossing the Panama by train from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The answer is northwest. Reporter Murray Carpenter recently took the train ride and sent us an audio postcard.

The World

Geo answer

Environment

For our Geo Quiz today we were looking for a Central American country that’s a popular stopover for migrating hawks. Panama is the answer, and reporter Murray Carpenter takes us to a hawk watch in Panama City.