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.
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