Conservation (Page 2)

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

Latest in Conservation

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.

spiders with happy faces

Newly discovered spider has smiley face on its back

a robot scouring a reef

It’s a barracuda! It’s a shrimp! It’s a robot helping coral reefs.

By Mack DeGeurin

a superbloom of tall purple wildflowers called lupine with mountains in the distance

Superbloom turns Redwood National Park’s hills purple

By Laura Baisas

Chikao Umezawa, head of JA Kisarazu-shi, posed for a photo beside a robot named "Super Monster Wolf", a solar powered robot designed to scare away wildlife from farmers crops in Kisarazu, southwestern Chiba Prefecture, Japan on August 10, 2017. Wolf Bot uses an infrared ray sensor when wild animals approach. It begins to intimidate wild animals by flashing red LED lights from its eyes on and off and blaring 48 repeated different types of loud sounds. (Photo by Richard Atrero de Guzman/NUR Photo) (Photo by Richard Atrero de Guzman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Japan runs out of robot wolves in fight against bears

Goose flying behind wind turbine

Birds avoid wind turbines painted like venomous snakes

hairy ghost pipefish Solenostomus snuffleupagus, which looks like Mr. Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street

Real-life Snuffleupagus found swimming in the Great Barrier Reef

Young white boy in grey pullover holds a robot turtle posing in front of a small pond.

Teen builds ‘Bionic Underwater Robotic Turtle’ to detect ecological threats

By Laura Kiniry

Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday present is… a parasitic wasp

By Margherita Bassi

Close up of oyster shells

Want stronger concrete? Just add oysters.

Photo of the Pope Leo moth with dark orange wings broken up by white bands

New moth species named for Pope Leo

Purple martin in flight

370 million birds will migrate tonight

Close up of speartooth shark

Shark lasers could help save vulnerable species

a toucan with a colorful green, orange, and red beak and yellow and black feathers

14 toucans found inside a car dashboard complete rehab

By Margherita Bassi

a whale breaching with a bridge in view

‘Save Willy Act’ introduced in California to help save whales in Bay Area

By Margherita Bassi

a brown bear eating a piece of salmon in a river

Fat Bear Week champion Chunk spotted taking a stroll in Alaska

By Laura Baisas

a chicken with brown and white stripes and large orange sacks on the sides of its head

A rare prairie chicken shakes his butt all day to attract ladies

By Laura Baisas

Chonkers the Steller sea lion sleeping along side other, much smaller California sea lions

Chonkers the 2,000-pound sea lion is making waves in San Francisco Bay

Iceberg underwater, Antarctica.

300-degree hot springs hiding under the frozen Antarctic sea

A large Virginia opossum bedded down in leaves and showing its teeth

Scientists sacrifice delicious opossums to fight Florida’s invasive pythons

tiger amongst mangroves

8 cool images from the Mangrove Photography Awards

By Popular Science Team

A wide-angle landscape photograph shows a lone hiker standing on the extreme edge of a sheer granite cliff, overlooking a vast mountain valley. The hiker is dwarfed by the massive, rugged rock formations and the deep, evergreen-covered canyon below. The distant mountains are shrouded in a light blue haze under a clear, bright sky, emphasizing the immense scale and potential danger of the high-altitude wilderness.

Someone dies in a national park. Now what?

By Jennifer Byrne

50,000 illegal shark fins found inside fake car part boxes

Woman's hands washing red apples in kitchen sink

Biodegradable wash keeps grapes fresh for 2 weeks at room temperature

A common snapping turtle crosses the road after laying eggs.

How to help a turtle cross the road

By Laura Baisas

Sage-Grouse robot installed in ground at Grand Teton National Park

Robot birds deployed in Grand Teton National Park for sexy time

Two humpback whales underwater

513 humpback whales gather at massive Caribbean breeding ground

A side-by-side composite image features a portrait of naturalist Sir David Attenborough on the left and the bird named in his honor, the Inambari Gnatcatcher (Polioptila attenboroughi), on the right. Attenborough is shown smiling against a bright blue background, while the small, grey and white gnatcatcher is perched on a tree branch among green leaves in its Brazilian habitat.

6 famous people with animals named in their honor

By Margherita Bassi

Fish climbing upstream against rock wall

These tiny fish climb waterfall cliffs for 10 hours

24 new species of deep sea organisms. they are small and resemble shrimp

New crustacean named after its unique butt

By Laura Baisas

three polar bear cubs curled up with their mother

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 announces People’s Choice winners

By Popular Science Team

A serene Tennessee River flows beneath the Walnut Street Bridge during a picturesque sunrise, with lush green trees lining its banks. Houses are perched on a hill to the left, overlooking the tranquil waters. Walnut Street Bridge Chattanooga, TN Photo taken on May 12, 2024

Chattanooga is the United States’ first National Park City

By Alisha McDarris

a sperm whale calf swims under its mother

Baby sperm whale birth captured in groundbreaking video

By Laura Baisas

A digital illustration of a large, prehistoric marine reptile, specifically a Pliosaur, swimming in a deep blue ocean. The creature has a dark, streamlined body with a pale underbelly, four powerful flippers, and a massive, elongated head. Its jaws are slightly open, revealing rows of sharp, protruding teeth. Beams of sunlight pierce through the water's surface from the top right, illuminating the predator as it glides through the clear, underwater environment.

The sea monster goes ‘bloop’—or does it?

By Andrew Coletti

Little baby and stack of diapers on bed, closeup

Japan makes breakthrough in dirty diaper recycling

Detail view of stacked whisky and wine wooden barrels in vintage style

Mushy bourbon sludge recycled into battery electrodes

a herd of bison running by a car

What to do if you encounter a bison

By Laura Baisas

Beachgoers cleaning sargassum seaweed from beach in Caribbean

2026 Sargassum bloom on track to be the largest, smelliest season yet

a seal swimming amongst fish

16 award-winning photographs from around the world

By Popular Science Team

a postage stamp with a bison on it

New stamp honors Yellowstone’s iconic bison

By Nidhi Sharma

a baby lion runs into its mother's butt

14 silly, never-before-seen images from the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

By Popular Science Team

A wide-angle, underwater photograph of a young sea lion with large, dark eyes and long whiskers looking directly into the camera lens. Sunlight beams down through the clear blue water, illuminating the sea lion's head and other sea lions swimming in the background. The foreground shows a rocky seabed covered in marine life, including several dark, spiny sea urchins.

How marine mammals stay hydrated in a salty sea

By Sara Kiley Watson

Adult bull shark ‘Chunky’ (foreground) parallel swimming with subadult female ‘Lady Lazarus’ (background).

Bull sharks make ‘friends’—and prefer females to males

By Laura Baisas

An adult male blue crab attempts to cannibalize a smaller blue crab on a tether.

Blue crabs have a serious cannibalism problem

By Laura Baisas

a blue whale swimming

Marine biologists spot rare blue whales off Massachusetts coast

By Margherita Bassi

several birds flying overhead while a bird sits on its nest with a chick

11 wild photos show the Amazon River in its glory

By Popular Science Team

A close-up photograph of a Halobates, an ocean water strider, resting on the surface of the water. The insect has a long, slender dark body and very thin, wire-like legs that create slight indentations on the water's surface tension. Its reflection is visible on the surface, and the background is a soft, out-of-focus light blue and white.

Do any bugs live in the ocean? Short answer: Not really.

By Andrew Coletti

Scientists suggest modifying cars to hit fewer hedgehogs

By Margherita Bassi

a dolphin (left) and a more rounded porpoise (right)

Florida can’t decide if its official saltwater mammal is a dolphin or a porpoise

By Margherita Bassi

Two photos next to each other. One is a man laying on grass next to longest snake in the world for scale reference. The other is a with portion of the world's longest snake draped over his shoulder in the jungle

Longest snake ever measured is over 23.5 feet long

yellow flowers blooming near hills

Best superbloom since 2016 fills Death Valley with wildflowers

By Laura Baisas

a pink flamingo standing in water (left). a blue songbird sitting on a tree branch (right)

Florida considers making the flamingo its state bird

By Margherita Bassi

a large pool of water with smoke rising from it

World’s largest acidic geyser erupts for first time since 2020

By Laura Baisas

woman's face in front of sun and garbage

We can’t launch our trash into the sun. But why?

By Popular Science Team

a polar bear mother closes her eyes while laying down with two cubs. one cub is biting the other's cheek

11 cool photos to celebrate International Polar Bear Day

By Popular Science Team

Panamanian golden frog on leaves in forest

Panama’s golden frogs beat extinction