Conservation(Page 17)

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

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At 81, this record-breaking diver isn’t done exploring the ocean’s depths

By Mary Beth Griggs

How to use big data to avoid building highways to hell

By Marlene Cimons

How much space do pandas need to survive?

How much space do pandas need to survive?

New Zealand earthquake lifts a bizarre sea wall up to land

New Zealand earthquake lifts a bizarre sea wall up to land

By Sara Chodosh

golden poison arrow frog

Scientists just synthesized the deadly toxin of an adorable frog

Cooking With Seaweed

Cooking With Seaweed

Some Australians Want To Rent Out Endangered Wildlife

By Grennan Milliken

Who Blows A Lighthouse’s Foghorn?

Who Blows A Lighthouse’s Foghorn?

By Melissa Klein

Teenage Scientist Captures Arctic Ice Melt on Film

Teenage Scientist Captures Arctic Ice Melt on Film

By Laura A. Shepard

A Sea Of Plastic

By Laura Krantz

Using Virtual Reality to Avoid Catastrophe

Using Virtual Reality to Avoid Catastrophe

By Marlene Cimons

Digitizing The Oceans In Real Time

Digitizing The Oceans In Real Time

By Ian Graber-Stiehl

Mount Pinatubo erupts.

Under the Shroud of Mt. Pinatubo’s Massive Climate Impact

Phillippines nest egg

A Fisherman Found a 75-lb Pearl In A Giant Clam

By G. Clay Whittaker

San Francisco Fog Made Into Misty Martinis

San Francisco Fog Made Into Misty Martinis

Watch Live Video from the Mariana Trench

Watch Live Video from the Mariana Trench

By G. Clay Whittaker

Sharks Glow, But Only For Each Other

Sharks Glow, But Only For Each Other

By Alexandra Ossola

El Nino Is Turning The Pacific Ocean’s Coral Reefs Into Ghost Towns

El Nino Is Turning The Pacific Ocean’s Coral Reefs Into Ghost Towns

By Mary Beth Griggs

At The Explorers Club Annual Dinner, Invasive Species Are On The Menu

At The Explorers Club Annual Dinner, Invasive Species Are On The Menu

By Grennan Milliken

Now Ships Can Get Advance Warning Of Monster Rogue Waves

Now Ships Can Get Advance Warning Of Monster Rogue Waves

By Mary Beth Griggs

Researchers Repair Coral Reef By Sending Ocean Water ‘Back In Time’

By Mary Beth Griggs

I Plunged Into Freezing Water—And Survived To Tell The Tale

I Plunged Into Freezing Water—And Survived To Tell The Tale

By Berne Broudy

We’re Catching Millions Of Tons More Fish Each Year Than We Report

We’re Catching Millions Of Tons More Fish Each Year Than We Report

By Mary Beth Griggs

Discovered: A Brand-New Species of Giant Galapagos Tortoise

By Grennan Milliken

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Your Seafood Might Contain Tiny Plastic Particles

When the river runs yellow

The Truth Behind The EPA’s Animas River Spill Is Messier Than You Think

Digital Map Of Seafloor Could Help Scientists Predict Climate Change Impacts

Digital Map Of Seafloor Could Help Scientists Predict Climate Change Impacts

Nano-Sized Synthetic Coral Could Suck Up Ocean’s Pollutants

Nano-Sized Synthetic Coral Could Suck Up Ocean’s Pollutants

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XPrize Winner Garners $1.5 Million To Fix Oceans

By Christie Wilcox

Humans Aren’t Special: Carl Safina’s ‘Beyond Words’ Delves Deep Into Animal Minds

Humans Aren’t Special: Carl Safina’s ‘Beyond Words’ Delves Deep Into Animal Minds

Five Trillion Pieces Of Plastic Are Floating In An Ocean Near You [Interactive]

Five Trillion Pieces Of Plastic Are Floating In An Ocean Near You [Interactive]

By Christie Wilcox

An Artificial Reef For Any Seafloor

An Artificial Reef For Any Seafloor

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Low-Oxygen Dead Zones Found In Atlantic Ocean

Low-Oxygen Dead Zones Found In Atlantic Ocean

By Mary Beth Griggs

Manganese Nodule

Rare Earth Metal Balls Found Beneath The Atlantic Ocean

By Mary Beth Griggs

Researchers Find Just How Much Plastic We’re Putting Into The Ocean

Researchers Find Just How Much Plastic We’re Putting Into The Ocean

Found: The World’s Newest Deepest-Dwelling Fish

Found: The World’s Newest Deepest-Dwelling Fish

By Lindsey Kratochwill

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This Is What A Shipwreck Looks Like After 113 Years

By Mary Beth Griggs

Pufferfish Don’t Hold Their Breaths To Stay Puffed, Scientists Find

Pufferfish Don’t Hold Their Breaths To Stay Puffed, Scientists Find

By Francie Diep

Rare Anglerfish Caught On Video

Rare Anglerfish Caught On Video

By Rafi Letzter

Elephants Able To Detect Rainstorms 150 Miles Away

Elephants Able To Detect Rainstorms 150 Miles Away

Mussels Inspire A Glue That Works Underwater

Mussels Inspire A Glue That Works Underwater

By Francie Diep

Massive slick of anchovy shoal up for a day at the beach

Massive slick of anchovy shoal up for a day at the beach

By Popular Science Team

What Happens To A Human Who Spends A Month Under The Sea?

What Happens To A Human Who Spends A Month Under The Sea?

John Steinbeck’s 1966 Plea To Create A NASA For The Oceans

John Steinbeck’s 1966 Plea To Create A NASA For The Oceans

By Rose Pastore

Has The Reintroduction Of Wolves Really Saved Yellowstone?

Has The Reintroduction Of Wolves Really Saved Yellowstone?

A Campaign To Save The World’s Ugliest Endangered Animals

A Campaign To Save The World’s Ugliest Endangered Animals

By Dan Nosowitz

How To Argue With Someone Who Says ‘Pandas Deserve To Die’

How To Argue With Someone Who Says ‘Pandas Deserve To Die’

By Dan Nosowitz

Trapped In A Bear Trap And Shot In The Body: The Story Of A Minnesota Wolf

Trapped In A Bear Trap And Shot In The Body: The Story Of A Minnesota Wolf

By Dan Nosowitz

What Would Happen If Everyone Peed In The Ocean At The Same Time?

What Would Happen If Everyone Peed In The Ocean At The Same Time?

This Scary Giant Black Jellyfish Is Stinging Swimmers In Southern California

This Scary Giant Black Jellyfish Is Stinging Swimmers In Southern California

By Dan Nosowitz

Carbon Test Determines Whether A Piece Of Ivory Is Legal Or Illegal

Carbon Test Determines Whether A Piece Of Ivory Is Legal Or Illegal

By Francie Diep

A Generator That Harnesses Energy From Ocean Currents

A Generator That Harnesses Energy From Ocean Currents

By Flora Lichtman

James Cameron Donates His Custom-Built Submarine To Science

James Cameron Donates His Custom-Built Submarine To Science

By Rebecca Boyle

Whoever Kills The Most Burmese Pythons In Florida Wins A Cash Prize

Whoever Kills The Most Burmese Pythons In Florida Wins A Cash Prize

By Dan Nosowitz

FYI: What Is Sea Foam? Where Does It Come From?

FYI: What Is Sea Foam? Where Does It Come From?

Inside the World’s First Manmade Batcave Built For Wild Bats

Inside the World’s First Manmade Batcave Built For Wild Bats

By Rebecca Boyle

Plastic-Eating Underwater Drone Could Swallow the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Plastic-Eating Underwater Drone Could Swallow the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

By Rebecca Boyle

Ultra-Tough Mantis Shrimp Claws Could Lead to Better Body Armor

Ultra-Tough Mantis Shrimp Claws Could Lead to Better Body Armor

By Rebecca Boyle

How It Works: Building a Kilometer-Long Pipe Deep Under the Sea

How It Works: Building a Kilometer-Long Pipe Deep Under the Sea

By Rebecca Boyle

An Ocean of Data: Looking for Sunken Treasure in a New Way

An Ocean of Data: Looking for Sunken Treasure in a New Way

By Brooke Borel

200,000-Year-Old Patch of Seagrass Is the World’s Oldest Living Organism

200,000-Year-Old Patch of Seagrass Is the World’s Oldest Living Organism

By Dan Nosowitz

Maldivian Leaders Might Move the Entire Nation to Australia If Sea Keeps Rising

Maldivian Leaders Might Move the Entire Nation to Australia If Sea Keeps Rising

By Rebecca Boyle

Building a Massive Neutrino Hunter Beneath the Mediterranean

Building a Massive Neutrino Hunter Beneath the Mediterranean

By Rebecca Boyle

Saving the Seas: Reducing Fertilizer Runoff to Resurrect Ocean Dead Zones

Saving the Seas: Reducing Fertilizer Runoff to Resurrect Ocean Dead Zones

By Rowan Jacobsen