A comeback on all fronts: animals, plants and farmers find their place

In recent days, environmental news has shown one thing above all: where people give nature space, it often recovers faster than expected. From a tiny marsupial in Australia to enormous herds of bison in Mexico, signs are emerging everywhere that animals are reclaiming their old habitats. And it doesn't happen by itself: it's the result of deliberate choices made by farmers, scientists and policymakers. In Australia, researchers built a tunnel under a busy road so that the endangered mountain pygmy-possum can safely mate again [1]. Thirty of these marsupials have already used the tunnel, and that's good news for a...