Conservation (Page 13)

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

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a white lab rat held in a gloved hand

These sterile mice have been modified to make rat sperm

Iberian lynx licking its lips in captive breeding program

The curious case of an endangered wildcat and a disappearing fruit tree

Farmers and scientists unite to save the home of an endangered salamander

Farmers and scientists unite to save the home of an endangered salamander

By Lourdes Medrano/Undark

Great white shark breaching while trying to bite a seal

Great white shark sightings are up in the US, which is kind of good news

Plastic floating in the sea

Plastic garbage in the sea is a life raft for pathogens

By Michael Allen / Hakai Magazine

Baby orca next to adult in the Salish Sea near Washington

A baby orca sparks a glimmer of hope for an endangered group of whales

Fish poop could help coral reefs.

Fish poop might help fight coral reef bleaching

By Derek Smith / Hakai Magazine

red panda sleeping on branch

We don’t have a full picture of the planet’s shrinking biodiversity. Here’s why.

By Sara Kiley Watson

Caribou peeking over horizon

Climate change is forcing massive wildlife migrations towards the poles

By Benjamin von Brackel

Forest with mountain and sunset in background.

Why you can’t put a price on biodiversity

By Sara Kiley Watson

fin-whales-drake-passage

An Antarctic feeding frenzy means good news for vulnerable fin whales

By Corinne Iozzio

Red fox with eyes closed and teeth bared

Can I have a pet fox?

By Dan Nosowitz

Fat baby seal looking at the camera

Facial recognition works on seals. No, really.

By Sean Mowbray / Hakai Magazine

shark-near-florida

Sharks are learning to love coastal cities

By Corinne Iozzio

Compostable plastic cups found in garbage.

Single-use plastic is on its way out of national parks. But why is the pace so glacial?

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Firefly or lighting bug display in summer in a forest clearing

The land of lost fireflies is probably a humble New Jersey bog

By Maddy Lauria

Boat leaving cruise ship on the ocean.

Care about the planet? Skip the cruise, for now.

Farmer holding freshly harvested carrots.

The EU’s plan to halve pesticide use is ambitious, but realistic

By Sara Kiley Watson

A night photo of a log with a bobcat in the background.

Watch bobcats, bears, and even birds use fallen logs as bridges

By Philip Kiefer

Satellite images of the milky seas

We’re getting closer to understanding why the sea sometimes glows

By Sam Keck Scott / Hakai Magazine

Colorful mantis shrimp with giant eyes that have color vision on black background

Do animals feel pain? Science author Ed Yong says that’s the wrong question.

By Philip Kiefer

A firefighter stands holding a canister of gasoline in a snowy forest looking out over burning piles of underbrush.

Why the US Forest Service paused prescribed burns—a key wildfire prevention tool

By Philip Kiefer

Microplastic pellets on the beach.

Horrific blobs of ‘plastitar’ are gunking up Atlantic beaches

By Sara Kiley Watson

Starfish spawning in water

8 award-winning photos of nature’s stranger things

By Stephanie Stone

A piping plover shorebird walks on sand, with tawny feathers on his back, a white stomach, a black band of feathers on his neck, and a green band on his ankle

Remembering Monty and Rose, the Chicago shorebirds that became the face of a movement

Activists in Indigenous clothing and with no pipeline signs protesting Line 3 on a bridge in Minnesota

States and tribes could soon regain the power to fight against projects that pollute

By Kristine Liao

Iceland topography from above

Google Earth Engine is taking its closest look yet at how landscapes are changing

By Charlotte Hu

Ocean simulator in giant saltwater tank at the Scripps Institute in San Diego, California. A Scripps researcher in a checkered shirt adjusts the settings on a computer with a COVID mask around his elbow.

A 120-foot-long ocean simulator is now making waves across the seven seas

By Avery Schluyer Nunn

A baby sea turtle on a beach near some sea turtle tracks, and some people in the background.

Safely share the beach with endangered sea turtles this summer

By Alisha McDarris

Jars containing various materials from battery recycling.

The race to close the EV battery recycling loop

Carmakers are pouring billions into producing EV batteries

Carmakers are pouring billions into producing EV batteries

By Bradley Brownell

firefighter in a field

A network of 1,000 cameras is watching for Western wildfires—and you can, too

By Colleen Hagerty

Seashore in Chile.

Climate change is making the ocean lose its memory. Here’s what that means.

By Sara Kiley Watson

A photo of algae in a lake in Central Park.

A climate adaptation experiment is taking place in one of NYC’s biggest parks

By Danielle Renwick / Nexus Media News

Aerial view of high chimney pipes with grey smoke from coal power plant. Production of electricity with fossil fuel.

Greenhouse gases, sea level rise, and ocean acidification all broke records in 2021

Photo of Fungi Tremella Mesenterica in a forest

Earth would be unrecognizable without fungi

By Matt Kasson, Et al. / The Conversation

Black farmer on a no-till tractor with pistachio trees in the background

US farmers can help in the battle for climate resiliency. A massive bill highlights how.

By Kristine Liao

A close up photo of a manatee.

Environmental groups blame the EPA for more than 1,000 dead manatees

By Wade Thiel / Outdoor Life

A closeup photo of the glass frog Hyalinobatrachium nouns, named after the Nouns DAO.

A crypto group named a new frog species, and people aren’t thrilled

By Kristine Liao

Yellow lawn mower next to lawn with tall grasses and pink and blue native wildflowers

Cities are letting plants go wild for ‘No Mow May’

By Kristine Liao

The Iron Curtain’s border zone has grown into a wild, ecological haven

The Iron Curtain’s border zone has grown into a wild, ecological haven

By Sarah Baxter

a colorful full coral reef

These Hawaiian corals could hold the secret to surviving warming waters

By Kate Baggaley

robotic buoy floating in ocean

Whale-monitoring robots are oceanic eavesdroppers with a mission

By Charlotte Hu

Purple lupine native wildflowers at Steptoe Butte State Park in Washington

The future of American conservation lies in restoration, not just protection

By Kristine Liao

These little robots could help find old explosives at sea

These little robots could help find old explosives at sea

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Bigfin reef squid with semitransparent skin in the ocean

This glittery squid can change color in an instant

By Purbita Saha

Two First Nations biologists releasing a caribou calf on the plains of British Columbia, Canada

One historic caribou herd is thriving under First Nations’ care

By Kristine Liao

small delicate, partially translucent mushrooms growing on a log

This South Pacific island could help us understand how fungi evolve

By Lauren J. Young

Seaweed growing underwater

Why seaweed is a natural fit for replacing certain plastics

By Sara Kiley Watson

Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota at dusk with a crowd of visitors

Why national parks are cracking down on fireworks, ebikes, and other harmful fun

By Kristine Liao

a small marine cone snail with a brown spotted shell extends its proboscis that delivers venom into a fish

This cone snail’s deadly venom could hold the key to better pain meds

By Lauren J. Young

Offshore wind farm with sunset and person on paddleboard.

Minimizing offshore wind’s impact on nature is tricky, but not impossible

By Anuradha Varanasi

bees-drinking-nectar-from-feeder

5 ways to keep bees buzzing that don’t require a hive

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Monarch caterpillar butterfly with white, black, and yellow stripes hanging from a small tree branch with a kid looking closely at it

A parasite could be killing millions of monarch butterflies as they migrate

By Kristine Liao

close up of a small Antarctic krill near the stone floats in the aquarium

When krill host social gatherings, other ocean animals thrive

Amazon rainforest trees and river in Brazil

The Amazon is on the brink of a climate change tipping point

By Sara Kiley Watson

Proteus underwater lab design mockup

Jacques Cousteau’s grandson is building a network of ocean floor research stations

By Charlotte Hu

a white ghostly outline of the international space station floating in the ocean

There’s a lot we don’t know about the International Space Station’s ocean grave

By Tatyana Woodall

Red and purple berries on a thorny green invasive shrub

Many Indigenous languages lack a word for ‘conservation.’ Here’s why.

By Jessica Hernandez

choppy waves on a beach with a sign warning people not to swim

The West Coast is under a tsunami advisory. Here’s what that means.

By Rachel Feltman

boaty the sub in antarctica

Boaty McBoatface’s new mission is more serious than its name

By Charlotte Hu

E.O. Wilson holding a stick with ants in front of a rainforest background in a National Portrait Gallery painting

E.O. Wilson changed the world with lessons learned from ants

By Doug Tallamy/The Conversation

Caltech CARL octopus-like AI robot in water

This tiny AI-powered robot is learning to explore the ocean on its own

By Charlotte Hu

Barreleye fish from a deep-sea video taken by robotic ocean rovers in Monterey Bay

Watch these rare ocean creatures caught on candid robot camera

By Purbita Saha