Pest control was a political act in late-nineteenth-century Hawaiʻi, helping sugarcane planters pursue annexation to the United States.

The Canadian government established the Wood Buffalo National Park in 1922 to protect a remnant herd of wood bison. The park has become North America’s biggest national park and is still home to the largest free-roaming herd of wood bison. However, the park’s wildlife has also been subject to some of the most intrusive and ill-conceived management interventions in Canadian history.

This article discusses how local perspectives influence the recognition and control of a locust outbreak.

Humans have a long history of meddling in the oil palm’s sex life.