Latest Conservation Stories
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.
Get a high-tech tour of the long-lost Ironton shipwreck discovered in the Great Lakes
The ‘High-Seas Treaty’ to protect marine life in the open ocean finally makes progress
Lichens may help forecast sea level rise
MasterChef inspired an edible medical sensor
Beavers, snails, and elephants are top grads from nature’s college of engineering
Why one California beach town is cracking down on balloons
Scientists just rediscovered a rare, fungi-eating ‘fairy lantern’
Even the cool forests of the Pacific Northwest face the danger of extreme heat
These urchin-eating sea stars might be helping us reduce carbon levels
These beetles sniff out fungus-infected trees to find their next target
Slow-moving shoreline creatures are sitting ducks for climate change
Human interactions can drastically change wolf pack dynamics
A group of humpback whales is choosing violence
Why Danish citizen scientists were on a quest to find the oldest European hedgehog
Gender reveal parties are turning nature pink and blue
The endangered Eurasian lynx might never recover fully in France
Greenland’s isolated ‘Last Ice Area’ is vanishing
How thinning could help prevent wildfires
Millions of dead crabs ended up in the deep sea. Scientists still aren’t sure why.
Citizen science is another great form of nature therapy
In the latest State of the Union, Biden highlights infrastructure, chips, and healthcare
Bacteria and fungi are the first to start rebuilding charred forests
The last thread of hope to revive California’s trees is vanishing
Oyster farms are all the rage—until they block your ocean views
Nightmare-fuel fungi exist in real life
The bizarre story behind a viral man-eating lion hoax
Biden’s recent climate decisions will close mines, protect salmon, and may permit drilling in Alaska
The best way to save forests? Legally recognize Indigenous lands.
Gnarly pink waves crash near San Diego
When wolves hunt otters on this Alaskan island, deer suffer
A chunk of ice twice the size of New York City broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf
When wind turbines kill bats and birds, these scientists want the carcasses
How a peculiar parasitic plant relies on a rare Japanese rabbit
Plastic, pollution, and prescription drugs are making fish act erratically
13 otherworldly photos that were actually taken on Earth
Many popular carbon offsets don’t actually counteract emissions, study says
A virgin birth in Shedd Aquarium’s shark tank is baffling biologists
The plan to save Western salt lakes from biting the dust
Connecting national parks could help generations of wildlife thrive
Bush rats are back to reclaim their place in this Australian park
If Madagascar’s animals disappear, it’ll take 23 million years to get them back
Earth’s oceans are getting hotter and saltier than ever before in human history
A crab’s biggest turn off? Ship noises.
Humans and nature will handle rising tides, together
Pink Iguana hatchlings spotted for the first time on the Galápagos in decades
World governments strike historic deal to protect planet’s biodiversity
What more rain in the Arctic means for people, ecosystems, and wildlife
The hard truth of building clean solar farms
These might be the funniest animal photos you’ve seen this year
Better anti-barnacle coating could keep ships smooth with less harm to ocean life
What Indigenous fire practices can teach us about saving Southwestern lands
Indigenous ‘sea gardens’ could protect shellfish in an acidifying ocean
To save coral reefs, color the larvae
What successful forest restoration looks like
Saving seals may come at the cost of fragile flora
Plastic microfibers in the Mediterranean Sea are keeping bacteria afloat
Meet SharkGuard, a tiny electric field that protects sharks from fishing nets
How kelp farming is helping revive the economy and ecology of a Long Island bay
This 18-foot python’s last meal was a whole alligator
Three nations pledge to reverse decades of destruction in the rainforest
Schools of herring are filling a once-dead waterway
What new mining projects could mean for Alaskan salmon
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