Conservation(Page 6)

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

Latest in Conservation

Anatomically accurate sculpture of a dodo

The dodo was faster and smarter than you think

a bunch of yellow bananas

Bananas are at risk of extinction, but scientists have a plan

By Laura Baisas

a group of earthworms in rich, dark soil

Hear the ‘rave’-like sounds of a healthy soil

By Laura Baisas

Port Jackson sharks sleeping on the seafloor at Beagle Marine Park.

Watch a huge ‘No Boys Allowed’ shark slumber party

By Laura Baisas

a spotted cat walks through a mountain region at night

Rare, endangered ocelot caught on camera

By Laura Baisas

Colorful atlantic puffin sitting on a cliff

In Iceland, humans throwing baby puffins is a good thing

By Alisha McDarris

The newly discovered Paragonaster hoeimaruae. There are many types of starfish and this one is particularly adapted to living in sandy, muddy waters, a feature the researchers want to learn more about.

New, vibrant starfish discovered in Japan

By Laura Baisas

two sea lions swim in blue water, with their heads above the water

Sea lion camera crews help scientists map unexplored seabeds

By Laura Baisas

Two black morels in spring are well camouflaged on the forest floor

How to start forest farming: Grow delicious food in the woods

By Alisha McDarris

an orange, black, and white monarch butterfly on a pink milkweed flower

How everyone can help monarch butterflies

By Laura Baisas

a firefly with its bottom half illuminated

A new theory on why fireflies glow—and why they need help

By Laura Baisas

a hotel in the ground

Subterranean retreats: How underground hotels harness Earth’s natural insulation

By Alisha McDarris

a walrus calf with a cut on its right eye is cared for by two technicians

Abandoned Pacific walrus calf rescued in Alaska

By Laura Baisas

Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching ocean in an attack.

Sharks are testing positive for cocaine

Polymetallic nodules scattered across bottom of the ocean floor

‘Dark oxygen’ on ocean floor may rewrite Earth’s origins of life

Solar farm panels in meadow

There’s a right and a wrong way to build a solar farm

a baby crocodile hatches from an egg, surrounded by other eggs.

106 critically endangered Siamese crocodile eggs spotted in Cambodia

By Laura Baisas

a long, dark brown millipede crawling on brown and green leaves

Expedition finds a 10-inch long millipede lost to science for 126 years

By Laura Baisas

Dragonfly resting on flower

Dragonflies reveal how toxic mercury moves in nature

several snakes entwined together on a rock

Ssssso many snakes: Watch a ‘mega-den’ of rattlesnakes in real time

By Laura Baisas

Close up of bald eagle

Hunters’ bullets are poisoning bald eagles

a small grey and black reef fish swims

Fish in Earth’s hottest water defy the odds

By Laura Baisas

The newly described Guianan long-nosed armadillo.

A new armadillo species was hiding in plain sight

By Lauren Leffer

Five of the comb jelly species featured in a new study on how their cells adapt to water pressures. Red coloration as seen in the two specimens at right is common among deep-sea animals.

Comb jellies won’t give into the extreme pressures of deep-sea life

By Laura Baisas

a marine biologist and an actor fist bump while sitting on a dive boat in the ocean

Actor Anthony Mackie and marine biologist Jasmin Graham talk sharks

By Laura Baisas

Green and gold bell frogs in artificial hotspot shelter.

Frog saunas could help the amphibians cope with a deadly fungus

By Lauren Leffer

Golden Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) in the Red Sea, Egypt

Mass extinction 183 million years ago offers dire warning for modern oceans

a large lizard with yellow spots in the dirt

Giant lizards could keep flesh-eating maggots off Australia’s sheep

By Laura Baisas

Cheetah cubs rescued from the illegal wildlife pet trade and brought to Cheetah Conservation Fund’s Rescue and Conservation Center.

On the hunt: Tracking the illegal cheetah trade

By Rene Ebersole / Undark

Ocean trash can now be tracked from space

California Forever concept art of utopian cityscape

California’s billionaire utopia may not be as eco-friendly as advertised

Climate change is coming for your oysters

By Devon Fredericksen / Hakai Magazine

a large bird with blue plummage and orange eyes called a cassowary

The world’s most dangerous bird is at risk of extinction

By Laura Baisas

OceanXplorers sub

Watch the exclusive trailer premiere for James Cameron’s new ‘OceanXplorers’ series

an american flamingo. the bird has pink and white plumage with a black beak

A ‘pink wave’ of flamingoes settles into the Sunshine State

By Laura Baisas

While scientists have seen colossal squid before—like this specimen examined by New Zealander researchers in 2014—their interactions have always been with animals that were either pulled from the depths, washed up on shore, or otherwise removed from their natural habitat.

Visiting the kraken at home

By Evert Lindquist / Hakai Magazine

11 US National Parks where you can find fossils

11 US National Parks where you can find fossils

By Alisha McDarris

a brown snail sits on a green lettuce leaf

Slimy slugs and snails surprisingly thriving in LA

By Laura Baisas

Underwater image of Titanic wreckage

Billionaire plans to ride $20 million submersible to the Titanic

coral polyps before spawning

Scientists are studying the mysterious sex lives of coral

By Laura Baisas

This noble necklace worm, laden with eggs, will eventually release her developed larvae into the water column as plankton.

Stunning images offer a peek into the ocean’s microscopic baby boom

Text by Kelly Fretwell and Adrienne Mason / Hakai Magazine, Photos by Hakai Institute

seaweed underwater

What the heck is seaweed mining?

By Moira Donovan / Hakai Magazine

How deep does life go?

By James Lawrence Powell / MIT Press Reader

a bioluminescent coral shaped like a fan with a central hub

Bioluminescence may have evolved 300 million years earlier than scientists previously thought

By Laura Baisas

Vitamix Food Cycler countertop composter with a picture of a hopper full of food on the left and a hopper full of processed mulch on the right.

Save $100 on the Vitamix countertop composter at Amazon for Earth Day

By Stan Horaczek

an orange, black, and white lemur sits in a tree

Critically endangered lemur attacked by vulnerable fosa in Madagascar

By Laura Baisas

The algorithmic ocean: How AI is revolutionizing marine conservation

The algorithmic ocean: How AI is revolutionizing marine conservation

By Karen Bakker / MIT Press Reader

the moon over the red plateaus of the Petrified Forest National Park

The 12 most underrated national parks in the US

By Popular Science Team

a toucan with an orange beak and black and white plumage sits in a tree with its mouth open

How fruit-eating birds could help regrow tropical forests

By Laura Baisas

Can green hydrogen production help bring oceanic dead zones back to life?

By Brian Owens / Hakai Magazine

CT scan of California condor egg

CT scans look inside a California condor egg

Cargo Ship in Panama Canal

A new solution proposed for drought-stricken Panama Canal goes around it

a close-up of an octopus eye

Why counting octopus ‘rings’ is crucial

By Laura Baisas

a small panda in the woods

Glorious nature photographs honor the impact of Jane Goodall

By Popular Science Team

a juvenile chimpanzee in a forested habitat

Mining of materials needed for ‘green revolution’ puts great ape population at risk

By Laura Baisas

Shoe made from bacterial cellulose

Would you wear this ‘shoe-like vessel’ made from genetically engineered bacteria?

Close up of wolf spider resting on web

Spider conversations decoded with the help of machine learning and contact microphones

citizen science vacation

How ordinary travelers can become citizen scientists

By Alisha McDarris

The threatened Chiricahua leopard frog, in Sycamore Canyon, Arizona. The species can be difficult to spot in the murky, often deep, water holes that they inhabit.

New genetic tools have dramatically changed wildlife conservation

By Lourdes Medrano/Undark

A pair of mountain goats camera trapped walking along a hiking trail near Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Canada.

Nature wasn’t healing: What really happened with wildlife during pandemic lockdowns

By Lauren Leffer

A screenshot of one unidentified small hawkmoth unsuccessful visit to an orchid, recorded with a camera trap.

‘Spectacular’ new orchid species is pollinated by moths

By Laura Baisas

two men in scuba gear install a sound system by a coral reef

Healthy reef soundscapes can help degraded coral reefs grow

By Laura Baisas

several small and translucent glass eels on a yellow cloth

How citizen scientists are protecting ‘glass eels’

By Laura Baisas

a human wears a fox mask while feeding a baby fox in its care

Wildlife care staff wear fox masks to care for orphaned kit

By Laura Baisas