The University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment (IonE), a Consortium Member Center, has contributed to newly published research on the often overlooked benefits of wildlife for the well-being of people. The benefits of nature have long been understood, leading to conservation policies and management practices to protect the environment. The new article argues that the specific contributions of wildlife, however, have not been fully recognized. Led by the World Wildlife Fund, the study explores the many ways wildlife enhance human life – everything from ecotourism and food sources to ecosystem balance and human inspiration. The article on “Wildlife’s Contributions to People” appears in the inaugural issue of Nature Reviews Biodiversity. Becky Chaplin-Kramer, PhD, the lead author and IonE principal research scientist, and Co-author Colleen Miller, PhD, IonE postdoctoral fellow in Global Change Ecology and Data Science, and the other co-authors emphasize the importance of conservation policies and management practices that maintain critical wildlife populations. They stress the special importance for Indigenous peoples and communities that depend on wildlife as food sources and for livelihoods.