Conservation(Page 4)

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

Latest in Conservation

Hippocampus patagonicus seahorse
Environment

In Brazil, the seahorse black market is bustling

By Marina Wang / Hakai Magazine

A mother and calf humpback whale swim underwater.
Environment

Close to half of migratory species are in serious decline: UN report

By Laura Baisas

Anchovy sex is a force of nature
Environment

Anchovy sex is a force of nature

By Christina Couch / Hakai Magazine

NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite launches aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Fire and smoke are below the spacecraft as it lifts off from the launch pad.
Science

NASA’s PACE satellite takes off to monitor phytoplankton—from space

By Laura Baisas

The St. George’s Cross medusa is about four inches wide, three inches long, and has about 240 tentacles. It has a red cross on its body when viewed from above.
Environment

New jellyfish discovered near Japan may contain multitudes of venom

By Laura Baisas

A multiple-exposure photograph of insects circling an artificial light at night. The light can mess with a moth’s sense of what direction is up and which way is down.
Environment

Why artificial light—and evolution—trap moths

By Laura Baisas

Elephants navigate a landscape invaded by big-headed ants at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya. Following invasion by big-headed ants, whistling-thorn trees are rendered vulnerable to elephants, whose browsing and breaking of trees promotes savanna openness.
Environment

Invasive ants leave lions scrambling for prey on the savannah in an ecological chain reaction

By Lauren Leffer

A sea otter resting in a kelp bed in Monterey Bay, California.
Environment

Sea otters can help conserve vital kelp forests

By Laura Baisas

A yellow salamander with a brown stripe on its back sits on a green leaf.
Environment

Why small, scary, and ‘non-charismatic’ lost species are harder to rediscover

By Laura Baisas

The bow of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Duane, a decommissioned ship deliberately sunk off Florida to serve as an artificial reef.
Environment

Not all underwater reefs are made of coral

By Avery Paxton and D’amy Steward / The Conversation

Dense thickets of the reef-building coral Desmophyllum pertusum make up most of the deep-sea coral reef habitat found on the Blake Plateau in the Atlantic Ocean. The white coloring is healthy–deep-sea corals don’t rely on symbiotic algae, so they can’t bleach. Images of these corals were taken during a 2019 expedition dive off the coast of Florida.
Environment

World’s largest known deep-sea coral reef is bigger than Vermont

By Laura Baisas

Data visualization of all maritime activity in the North Sea
Technology

AI and satellite data helped uncover the ocean’s ‘dark vessels’

By Andrew Paul

A man holes a 14-inch goldfish removed from the Niagara River.
Environment

Releasing pet goldfish into the wild has serious consequences

By Laura Baisas

Waves on the ocean.
Environment

Warming oceans could thaw trapped ‘fire-ice’

By Laura Baisas

A white axolotl in a tank. Axolotls are sometimes called the ‘Peter Pan of amphibians’ since they do not go through a traditional metamorphosis and keep larval traits like their signature gills.
Environment

Go (virtually) adopt an axolotl, the ‘Peter Pan’ of amphibians

By Laura Baisas

A large rat stands on a tree trunk at night. The Vangunu giant rat is the first new species of rodent described from Solomon Islands in over 80 years.
Environment

A legendary Vangunu giant rat was finally caught on camera

By Laura Baisas

A newborn rhino calf stands under his mother. He is black and does not have his signature horns in yet.
Environment

A critically endangered Sumatran rhino named Delilah welcomes first calf

By Laura Baisas

Broadclub Cuttlefish
Environment

Cuttlefish and their amazing technicolor dreamcoats

By Olivia Ferrari / Hakai Magazine

Dolphins that learn to approach people for an easy meal will often hang around fishing boats.
Environment

Stop feeding the dolphins—seriously

By Emily Harwitz / Hakai Magazine

A bioluminescent sea cucumber called Scotoplanes or the “sea pig.”
Environment

Surprise! These sea cucumbers glow

By Laura Baisas

A piping plover walks along L Street Beach in South Boston. The bird is small, with white and grey plummage.
Environment

Piping plovers are in trouble, but there’s some good news

By Laura Baisas

Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, photographed by a camera trap.
Environment

Elusive egg-laying mammal caught on camera for the first time

By Laura Baisas

Smallmouth buffalofish caught at Apache Lake, Arizone
Environment

Century-old buffalofish are still living in their prime

By Hannah Seo

How frozen baby corals and high-powered lasers could help dying reefs
Environment

How frozen baby corals and high-powered lasers could help dying reefs

By Brent M. Foster / Hakai Magazine

Kelp holds a timeline of Earth’s history
Environment

Kelp holds a timeline of Earth’s history

By Bill Morris / Hakai Magazine

A baby loggerhead turtle pokes out of a shell on the sand. Its head and front flippers are out of the shell, with the lower half remaining inside.
Environment

Endangered sea turtles build hundreds of nests on the Outer Banks

By Laura Baisas

A steak with kelp on top is plated by a chef holding a sauce pan.
Environment

This sea-to-farm-to-table restaurant wants kelp to catch on

By Laura Baisas

AlgaRay robot floating atop water in Antigua
Technology

This seafaring robot ‘eats’ stinky seaweed and dumps it in deep water

By Andrew Paul

a collection of woolly mammoth figurines on petri dishes on a blue background to represent Colossal's de-extinction project
Environment

Is de-extinction only a pipette dream? This startup has a big, expensive plan to find out.

By Andrew Zaleski

Orsted offshore wind turbines in the UK
Technology

Atlantic City’s massive offshore wind farm project highlights the industry’s growing pains

By Andrew Paul

An endangered Texas ocelot in the vicinity of the highway.
Environment

Wildlife exits on Texas roads could help endangered ocelots

By Laura Baisas

Galapagos giant tortoises are restoring their own ecosystem
Environment

Galapagos giant tortoises are restoring their own ecosystem

By Syris Valentine/Hakai Magazine

A Secchi Disk and a measuring tape on a gray wooden floating pier next to a moored boat.
DIY

You can help measure the ocean’s health with this homemade gadget

By Alisha McDarris

Two US Coast Guard officials handling remains of OceanGate Titan submersible
Technology

What the US Coast Guard found on their last OceanGate Titan salvage mission

By Andrew Paul

Grazer looking chunky and getting ready for winter on September 14, 2023. The bear is in the river intensely staring for salmon.
Environment

Fierce mama Grazer takes 2023’s Fat Bear Week crown

By Laura Baisas

An underwater closeup of Cayo margarita (a new species) in the coral reef of the Florida Keys. Note the two long tentacles, used by the snail to spread the mucus net for feeding.
Environment

New neon-yellow snail from the Florida Keys gets a happy hour-ready name

By Laura Baisas

Oyster-inspired sponges can scoop up nearly invisible nanoplastics in the ocean
Environment

Oyster-inspired sponges can scoop up nearly invisible nanoplastics in the ocean

By Chris Baraniuk / Hakai Magazine

Green fir trees in neat rows as seen from the air.
Environment

Tree plantations try to offset our carbon pollution. Here’s the problem.

By Hannah Seo

The Morona-Santiago stubfoot toad (Atelopus halihelos) in Ecuador is listed as critically endangered.
Environment

How we can help the most endangered class of animals survive climate change

By Laura Baisas

Animal deterring robotic wolf sentry
Technology

Robotic ‘Super Monster Wolves’ are guarding Japanese towns against bears

By Andrew Paul

America’s war in Afghanistan devastated the country’s environment in ways that may never be cleaned up
Environment

America’s war in Afghanistan devastated the country’s environment in ways that may never be cleaned up

By Lynzy Billing/Inside Climate News

To protect wild bumblebees, people have to find them first
Environment

To protect wild bumblebees, people have to find them first

By Sarah Trent / High Country News

South Africa’s Missing sharks have been found
Environment

South Africa’s Missing sharks have been found

By David Shiffman / Hakai Magazine

Grizzly bear mom and cubs crossing road in Yellowstone National Park
Environment

Grizzlies are getting killed by roads, but the risks are bigger than roadkill

By Hannah Seo

Rafflesia kemumu in the rainforest of Sumatra.
Environment

Earth’s stinkiest flower is threatened with extinction

By Laura Baisas

Why some clownfish are growing up too quickly
Environment

Why some clownfish are growing up too quickly

By Elizabeth Landau / Hakai Magazine

Manatee in a patch of sunlight
Environment

Sea the beauty of the world’s oceans with these 12 award-worthy photos

By Popular Science Team

Pacific Ocean storm seen from a research vessel's stern
Environment

When climate change throws the Pacific off balance, the world’s weather follows

By Hannah Seo

Giant African land snail, an invasive species in Florida, on a red bucket
Environment

Invasive snails are chomping through Florida, and no one can stop them

By Maddi Langweil

A giant panda eats a green plant.
Environment

‘Jet lag’ could be messing with pandas’ natural mating behaviors

By Laura Baisas

Plastic fishing gear brings in a better catch, but there’s a big tradeoff
Environment

Plastic fishing gear brings in a better catch, but there’s a big tradeoff

By Alastair Bland/Hakai Magazine

Revo Foods 3D-printed salmon
Technology

The world’s first 3D-printed salmon is hitting store shelves, and it looks kind of good

By Andrew Paul

Possum eating on a doorstep
Environment

11 jaw-dropping photos of marsupials, mushrooms, and more

By Popular Science Team

An orca whale swims around an ice flow with a crabeater seal and penguin on the ice.
Environment

New series offers an intimate look into how climate change impacts the lives of wildlife

By Laura Baisas

Polar bear decline is directly linked to greenhouse gas emissions
Environment

Polar bear decline is directly linked to greenhouse gas emissions

By Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News

How an internet sleuth rekindled hope for the survival of the clown wedgefish
Environment

How an internet sleuth rekindled hope for the survival of the clown wedgefish

By Brian Howey/Hakai Magazine

MIT Van Atta Backscatter array closeup
Technology

This new subsea communications system can run on an iota of power

By Andrew Paul

Colorful plastic cutlery on a white background. The United States uses more than 36 billion plastic utensils every year.
Environment

Millions of tons of waste could be eliminated by ‘nudging’ consumers to skip the plastic fork

By Laura Baisas

An eruption emerges from the ocean in a cloud of ash and a lightning strike.
Environment

The Tonga volcanic eruption reshaped the seafloor in mind-boggling ways

By Rahul Rao

Two Atlantic puffins stand on a white rock above the ocean, with another group of puffins in the background, Atlantic puffins are sometimes nicknamed “sea parrots,” and their chicks hatch in Maine in early July.
Environment

Maine’s puffins show another year of remarkable resiliency

By Laura Baisas

Sunset over pacific ocean
Environment

The Pacific heat blob’s aftereffects are still warping ocean ecosystems

By Ethan Freedman/Hakai Magazine

Coral reef with a variety of hard and soft corals and tropical fish
Technology

Scientists are intentionally bleaching and ‘cryopreserving’ coral

By Andrew Paul

Offshore wind turbines
Environment

We can’t ignore that offshore wind farms are part of marine ecosystems

By Becki Robins / Undark

Two Emperor penguin chicks standing on sea ice in Antarctica.
Environment

Emperor penguins suffer ‘unprecedented’ breeding failure as sea ice disappears

By Laura Baisas