Conservation

Protecting natural resources—from sea to sky—is about much more than planting a few trees.

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several beetle and butterfly species on a blue background

New estimate: Earth has 14 to 20 million insect species

By Laura Baisas

Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders in 1898.

The glasses case that saved Teddy Roosevelt’s life goes on display in North Dakota

By Laura Baisas

a baby clouded leopard cub laying with its mother. the leopards have grey-ish and goledn fur with black spots

New clouded leopard cub is the size of a loaf of bread

By Sara Hashemi

a bat covered in yellow powder

Bats covered in pollen make tequila possible

By Laura Baisas

Close up of python draped over man's shoulder in the Everglades

8,000 pounds of invasive Burmese python removed from the Florida Everglades

a humpback whale breaches in the arabian sea with desert hills in the distance

For the first time, biologists observe a humpback whale crossing the Arabian Sea

By Laura Baisas

a whale swims at the surface of the water

Young humpback whale freed from fishing line near Cape Cod

By Laura Baisas

a pregnant male sea horse

Florida students watch male seahorse give birth in the wild

By Laura Baisas

a horseshoe crab at the water's edge glows blue under UV light

8 captivating photos of Delaware Bay’s annual horseshoe crab spawn

By Avery Schluyer Nunn

Global map showing density distribution of fungi networks

621 trillion miles of fungi networks crisscross the planet

two bald eagles standing in a nest above a lake looking straight at a camera

Bald eagles Jackie and Shadow need $10 million

By Laura Baisas

The Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae), also known as the Argentine giant tegu, the black and white tegu

Georgia is battling invasive, 4-foot-long lizards

a river system with orange colored water

The mystery of Alaska’s orange rivers is finally solved

By Laura Baisas

a man on a boat holds a large silver fish

50 million pounds of invasive fish removed from Illinois River

By Laura Baisas

a woman in a blue baseball cap holds a turtle on the beach

Rare hybrid sea turtle released back into the ocean after rescue

By Margherita Bassi

Happy laughing little girl slides down on a pink water slide in outdoor swimming pool on a hot summer day. She's wearing goggles and a orange bikini.

What’s the safest swimsuit color? Skip blue and black.

By Nidhi Sharma

a woman sits in a high-tech rowboat in the ocean

Kelsey Pfendler is trying to become the youngest woman to row solo from California to Hawaii

By Mack DeGeurin

middle age old woman sit at sofa home feel hot flash fever use fan waving

Fans don’t cool rooms and 3 other myths about home energy conservation

a rainbow over a hot spring

10 must-know tips for visiting Yellowstone National Park

By Laura Baisas

Burmese Python in the Everglades

Ready to hunt some enormous snakes? The Florida Python Challenge returns.