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This anglerfish has mastered a trick to light up the depths of the Pacific Ocean
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Many Indigenous languages lack a word for ‘conservation.’ Here’s why.
In her new book, Indigenous scholar and scientist Jessica Hernandez explains why caring for a landscape is different than conserving it.
Airborne animal DNA could help biologists track endangered species
Zoo animals shed a surprising amount of DNA into the air around them—and scientists are developing a way detect it.
Need to fight invasive fish? Just introduce a scary robot
If it looks like a bass and is terrorizing mosquitofish, it might actually be a robot designed to protect native tadpoles.
Welcome to invasivorism, the boldest solution to ethical eating yet
Turning invasive species into gourmet meals could blunt environmental and economic costs across the US. But can Americans stomach them? Chefs and biologists are taking a gamble.
To help stop voracious tree-killing beetles, send in the Russian wasps
A parasitic wasp from Russia could help American ash trees survive the spread of the emerald ash borer.
The government is raising an army of parasitic wasps to fight invasive beetles
The invasive green beetle destroys trees across 35 US states—and quarantine efforts are futile.
A guide to all the places with no snakes
This brief hissstory is for the ophidiophobes.
Humans have become the biggest selection force in evolution
We’re shaping the distant future of biodiversity, as well as the present.
A quarter of new invasive species were spotted by everyday citizen-scientists
Keep your eyes peeled in your home and garden.
How scientists helped Alaska’s “Rat Island” shake off its namesake rodents
A team of scientists helped eradicate the island of the animals in 2008 and the isle has slowly rebounded.
