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This paper describes a decidedly interdisciplinary study on damages to biodiversity in Belgium, in which life (biology in this case) and human sciences (criminology in this case) are allied and confronted. This contribution is mainly epistemological: How do life and social sciences employ casuistic methods to--first individually and later jointly--develop scientific knowledge about the environment and its protection? Highlighting methodological matters: What is a case study in biology and in criminology? How are case studies used to generalize and produce knowledge? How do biology and criminology combine or come into conflict in this process? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]