Latest Conservation Stories
The Tonga volcanic eruption reshaped the seafloor in mind-boggling ways
Millions of tons of waste could be eliminated by ‘nudging’ consumers to skip the plastic fork
Maine’s puffins show another year of remarkable resiliency
The Pacific heat blob’s aftereffects are still warping ocean ecosystems
Scientists are intentionally bleaching and ‘cryopreserving’ coral
We can’t ignore that offshore wind farms are part of marine ecosystems
Emperor penguins suffer ‘unprecedented’ breeding failure as sea ice disappears
This is what happens when feral cows take over a remote Alaskan island
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Jude Isabella/Hakai Magazine
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Inside the fight to reclaim California’s biggest freshwater lake from algae
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Tien Nguyen/Knowable Magazine
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Some Pacific coral reefs can keep pace with a warming ocean
The truth behind animal resistance memes
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Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond / The Conversation
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The heroic effort to save Florida’s coral reef from a historic heatwave
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Michael Childress/The Conversation
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We need billions more baby trees to regrow US forests
Dead whales and dinosaur eggs: 7 fascinating images by researchers
Behold a 20-armed, strawberry-shaped Antarctic sea creature
Mission to recreate Darwin’s scientific Beagle voyage sets sail
Harrison Ford’s latest namesake is an Andean snake species
Popular shellfish resist extinction in surprising ways
Judge sides with youth activists in groundbreaking climate change lawsuit
Don’t lick the toads and other things to avoid at national parks
Nearly 1 million acres of land near the Grand Canyon is now a national monument
Up the coast from Pompeii, another city grows on top of an underground volcano
This waddling robot could guide baby turtles to the sea
Antarctica is in the climate change crosshairs
Why your favorite beach might be eroding
Trumpetfish use other fish as camouflage
In water-strained Utah, can golf courses justify their giant footprint?
As oceans become more acidic, creatures could struggle to smell
Coral is reproducing in broad daylight
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Chloe Glad/Hakai Magazine
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The Cook Islands appear to embrace deep-sea mining—but at what risk?
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Rachel Reeves/Hakai Magazine
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Eavesdropping on pink river dolphins could help save them
Mass coral reef bleaching in Florida as ocean temperatures hit 100 degrees
These unusual plants had disappeared—until citizen scientists helped hunt them down
A flightless parrot is returning to mainland New Zealand after a 40-year absence
The key to bringing deep sea samples up to the coast? An underwater freezer.
Why the creators of ‘Jaws’ regretted making sharks the monsters
Greenland’s ice sheets aren’t as old—or as resilient—as scientists expected
Japan’s plan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant is actually pretty safe
Who caught the first bluefin tuna?
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Karen Pinchin
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Hungry green sea turtles have eaten in the same seagrass meadows for about 3,000 years
How climate change is pushing oxygen out of the world’s oceans
Beer’s pungent scent could help salmon find their way home
Scientists say the ocean is changing color—and it’s probably our fault
Some sea snakes may not be colorblind after all
The fossil record holds clues about modern-day marine ecology
Are ‘mother trees’ real?
Why preserving museum specimens is so vital for science
Human noises make animals in the woods nervous
New species of inkless octopus may have been found in Costa Rica’s deep seas
Humans are dangerous predators because we love collecting weird animals
Drones are following dolphins to spy on their complex social lives
Coastal flooding predictions triple
OceanGate confirms missing Titan submersible passengers ‘have sadly been lost’
Fish are thriving near marine protected areas—and so are coastal communities
What an electric vehicle’s MPGe rating really means
‘Slow water’ could transform the Southwest, one little rock wall at a time
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Erica Gies
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Clouds of wildfire smoke are toxic to humans and animals alike
Orcas are attacking boats. But is it revenge or trauma?
Longleaf pine forests in Alabama are making a comeback—thanks to fire
The planet has 8 measures of stability—and we’re pushing past most of them
Citizen scientists have taken photos of this boulder every year for three decades
Look inside London’s new Super Sewer, an engineering marvel for rubbish and poo
This concept cruise ship will have solar-paneled sails, an AI copilot, and zero emissions
Air quality monitoring stations could help track and preserve threatened species