Conservation(Page 10)

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

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A bug on a green leaf feeding on a caterpillar.

Save caterpillars by turning off your outdoor lights

By Laura Baisas

The sun shining on glaciers.

‘Humanity on thin ice’ says UN, but there is still time to act on climate change

By Laura Baisas

Close up of a newly discovered orchid species named Spiranthes hachijoensis with pink petals,

This new species of pink orchid looks like delicate glasswork

By Laura Baisas

Poop emoji covered in soap bubbles on a light blue background

Your poop is useful. Meet the father-son team creating ‘humanure.’

By Lina Zeldovich

A stinky, 5,000-mile-long wad of seaweed is about to gunk up Florida’s beaches

A stinky, 5,000-mile-long wad of seaweed is about to gunk up Florida’s beaches

By Sara Kiley Watson

The US government wants to round up the West’s feral cattle

The US government wants to round up the West’s feral cattle

By Jonathan Thompson / High Country News

Ecologists have declared war on this popular decorative tree

Ecologists have declared war on this popular decorative tree

By Ryan W. McEwan / The Conversation

Whitespotted eagle ray swimming in the ocean.

Scientists test different gear for protecting clams from ‘crunching’ rays

By Laura Baisas

X1 Wind's X30 floating wind turbine prototype off the Canary Islands coast

This floating wind turbine just generated its first kilowatt hour of power

A tiny fish is more genetically diverse than we thought. Here’s why that matters.

A tiny fish is more genetically diverse than we thought. Here’s why that matters.

By Brian Owens / Hakai Magazine

Underwater image of sunken ship, Ironton, in Lake Huron

Get a high-tech tour of the long-lost Ironton shipwreck discovered in the Great Lakes

A pod of dolphins swimming together in blue water.

The ‘High-Seas Treaty’ to protect marine life in the open ocean finally makes progress

By Laura Baisas

Lichens may help forecast sea level rise

Lichens may help forecast sea level rise

By Ian Rose / Hakai Magazine

Research student holding graphene seaweed hydrogel in gloved hand

MasterChef inspired an edible medical sensor

Beaver driving construction truck with logs on back to symbolize ecosystem engineer. Illustrated in purple, yellow, and brown.

Beavers, snails, and elephants are top grads from nature’s college of engineering

By Philip Kiefer

A moniker fairy lantern plant detonates, with its petals unfurling.

Scientists just rediscovered a rare, fungi-eating ‘fairy lantern’

By Laura Baisas

A pine tree in Clark County, Washington damaged by the 2021 heat wave. The trees in the background are scorched Douglas-fir.

Even the cool forests of the Pacific Northwest face the danger of extreme heat

By Sarah Trent / High Country News

Purple sea urchins clumped together in an urchin barren.

These urchin-eating sea stars might be helping us reduce carbon levels

Several European spruce bark beetles on a dry piece of wood.

These beetles sniff out fungus-infected trees to find their next target

By Laura Baisas

barnacles on the beach

Slow-moving shoreline creatures are sitting ducks for climate change

By Michael Allen / Hakai Magazine

Human interactions can drastically change wolf pack dynamics

Human interactions can drastically change wolf pack dynamics

By Kylie Mohr / High Country News

An adult humpback whale surfaces above the water in eastern Australia.

A group of humpback whales is choosing violence

By Laura Baisas

A European hedgehog on a road with a yellow flower.

Why Danish citizen scientists were on a quest to find the oldest European hedgehog

By Laura Baisas

Pink pigeon in New York City wildlife rescue center that was dyed for gender reveal party

Gender reveal parties are turning nature pink and blue

A Eurasian lynch perches in a fallen tree in a forest.

The endangered Eurasian lynx might never recover fully in France

By Laura Baisas

How thinning could help prevent wildfires

How thinning could help prevent wildfires

By Emily Shepherd / High Country News

Millions of dead crabs ended up in the deep sea. Scientists still aren’t sure why.

Millions of dead crabs ended up in the deep sea. Scientists still aren’t sure why.

By Fanni Szakal / Hakai Magazine

A woman in a field observes a plant.

Citizen science is another great form of nature therapy

By Laura Baisas

In the latest State of the Union, Biden highlights infrastructure, chips, and healthcare

In the latest State of the Union, Biden highlights infrastructure, chips, and healthcare

By Laura Baisas

A beefsteak fungus growing in a forest.

Bacteria and fungi are the first to start rebuilding charred forests

By Laura Baisas

The last thread of hope to revive California’s trees is vanishing

The last thread of hope to revive California’s trees is vanishing

By Maya L. Kapoor / High Country News

Oyster farms are all the rage—until they block your ocean views

Oyster farms are all the rage—until they block your ocean views

By Magdalena Puniewska / Hakai Magazine

Fly with cordyceps zombie fungus growing out of its head on black background

Nightmare-fuel fungi exist in real life

The bizarre story behind a viral man-eating lion hoax

The bizarre story behind a viral man-eating lion hoax

By Katie Hill / Outdoor Life

Three fishers fish for salmon in Alaska.

Biden’s recent climate decisions will close mines, protect salmon, and may permit drilling in Alaska

By Laura Baisas

A pink wave curs in the Pacific Ocean.

Gnarly pink waves crash near San Diego

By Laura Baisas

When wolves hunt otters on this Alaskan island, deer suffer

When wolves hunt otters on this Alaskan island, deer suffer

By Marina Wang / Hakai Magazine

An aerial view of Chasm-1, a crack in Antarctica's Brunt Ice Sheet.

A chunk of ice twice the size of New York City broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf

By Laura Baisas

When wind turbines kill bats and birds, these scientists want the carcasses

When wind turbines kill bats and birds, these scientists want the carcasses

By Emma Foehringer Merchant / Undark

a dark furred rabbit with short ears in the brush. the image was taken at night

How a peculiar parasitic plant relies on a rare Japanese rabbit

Plastic, pollution, and prescription drugs are making fish act erratically

Plastic, pollution, and prescription drugs are making fish act erratically

By Doug Johnson/Undark

Pitcher plant with two dead spotted salamanders captured for photography awards

13 otherworldly photos that were actually taken on Earth

By Popular Science Team

Many popular carbon offsets don’t actually counteract emissions, study says

Many popular carbon offsets don’t actually counteract emissions, study says

Adult zebra shark swims in a tank at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago

A virgin birth in Shedd Aquarium’s shark tank is baffling biologists

By Laura Baisas

The plan to save Western salt lakes from biting the dust

The plan to save Western salt lakes from biting the dust

By Caroline Tracey / High Country News

a grizzly bear crosses the road in yellowstone national park. cars are stopped in the background

Connecting national parks could help generations of wildlife thrive

Bush rats are back to reclaim their place in this Australian park

Bush rats are back to reclaim their place in this Australian park

By Gemma Conroy / Hakai Magazine

A big-eyed Brown Mouse Lemur from Madagascar.

If Madagascar’s animals disappear, it’ll take 23 million years to get them back

By Laura Baisas

Blazing sun over the ocean.

Earth’s oceans are getting hotter and saltier than ever before in human history

By Laura Baisas

A crab’s biggest turn off? Ship noises.

A crab’s biggest turn off? Ship noises.

By Brian Owens / Hakai Magazine

Red and white lighthouses being submerged by sea level rise. Illustration.

Humans and nature will handle rising tides, together

By Philip Kiefer

A pink iguana in green grass at Galápagos National Park in Ecuador.

Pink Iguana hatchlings spotted for the first time on the Galápagos in decades

By Laura Baisas

World governments strike historic deal to protect planet’s biodiversity

World governments strike historic deal to protect planet’s biodiversity

By Laura Baisas

What more rain in the Arctic means for people, ecosystems, and wildlife

What more rain in the Arctic means for people, ecosystems, and wildlife

By Matthew L. Druckenmiller, Et al. / The Conversation

Sediment running into a river in Alabama from a solar farm construction site. Aerial view.

The hard truth of building clean solar farms

Hippo with its jaws open behind a heron in the water

These might be the funniest animal photos you’ve seen this year

By Popular Science Team

Barnacles on the side of the ship

Better anti-barnacle coating could keep ships smooth with less harm to ocean life

a cross cut of a tree revealing its rings. little labels are on some of the rings

What Indigenous fire practices can teach us about saving Southwestern lands

Indigenous ‘sea gardens’ could protect shellfish in an acidifying ocean

Indigenous ‘sea gardens’ could protect shellfish in an acidifying ocean

By Jen Schmidt / Hakai Magazine

Brightly colored tropical fish in a coral reef

To save coral reefs, color the larvae

By Laura Baisas

What successful forest restoration looks like

What successful forest restoration looks like

By Carla Delgado

Saving seals may come at the cost of fragile flora

Saving seals may come at the cost of fragile flora

By Sean Mowbray / Hakai Magazine

Plastic bottles and fishing nets and other trash on sea beach

Plastic microfibers in the Mediterranean Sea are keeping bacteria afloat

By Lauren J. Young

Meet SharkGuard, a tiny electric field that protects sharks from fishing nets

Meet SharkGuard, a tiny electric field that protects sharks from fishing nets