Better Living Through BiochemistryNews 08.07.2025Scientists are creating custom microbiomes to clean up microplastics, restore trashed agricultural soil, and solve other environmental problems.
AI Observers Hit the High SeasNews 07.23.2025New AI analysis systems can count fish and identify species. Could they be key to making fisheries safer and less destructive?
Ping, You’ve Got WhaleNews 03.12.2025A new artificial intelligence-powered detection system is giving ship captains real-time alerts when a whale is in their path.
The Riddle of the RidleyArticle 12.03.2024After years of steady gains, a decades-long conservation program for the world’s most endangered turtle hits rough seas.
The Rough Fish RevolutionArticle 11.19.2024Fisheries scientists are only now coming to understand the important roles native “rough fish” play in freshwater ecosystems across North America—even as these long-maligned species are increasingly at risk.
Splitting HaresArticle 09.09.2024In Sweden, researchers working to save a rare variety of mountain hare think conservation should focus on genes, not just species.
EntangledArticle 07.29.2024Laid end to end, the world’s fences would reach the sun. What are they doing to wildlife?
The Rattlers Next DoorArticle 07.16.2024Warming temperatures and increased development are putting more Californians in contact with rattlesnakes. Scientists are working to keep both safe.
What Lies BeneathSpotlight 07.10.2024With their astounding sense of smell and ability to find what humans can’t see, dogs are quickly becoming some of conservationists’ best friends.
A Protected PlaceArticle 06.11.2024Faced with overgrazing and desertification, communities in the Middle East are reviving the concept of the hima, an ancient land-management practice that bridges tradition, culture, conservation—and faith.
The Bee WhisperersArticle 05.20.2024Indigenous communities in South America are raising native bees to help protect the insects, conserve forests, and strengthen their own cultural ties to the ecosystem.
A Model ToadletVideo 05.07.2024Recent field experiments focusing on a tiny, charismatic frog in southeastern Brazil are beginning to shed light on a disease that has decimated amphibian populations around the world.
Subterranean StrongholdArticle 04.17.2024Can Fiji’s first bat reserve keep an incredibly rare species safe despite the growing threats of climate change and human activity?
River GuardiansArticle 01.23.2024In the face of growing environmental threats and porous regulations, grassroots groups have taken it upon themselves to protect waterways in the southeastern U.S.—and elsewhere around the world.
Gorillas in Their MidstArticle 11.22.2023In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, community-led conservation has emerged from the chaos of war, but the ghosts of colonialism still haunt locals trying to live with great apes.
City of GlassArticle 10.31.2023Meet the dedicated cadre of experts and volunteers working to protect birds from glass in the window-strike capital of the United States.
Living With GiantsArticle 09.21.2023How Indonesia’s “village of elephant hunters” became a model for other rural communities trying to coexist with one of the planet’s largest land mammals.
No Country for Old OcelotsArticle 09.20.2023Can wildlife crossings save America’s most endangered feline?
Africa’s Conservation ConundrumArticle 05.15.2023The trophy hunting industry in Africa is dying, and that should concern all of us. What, if anything, replaces it will prove critical for the protection of the continent’s wildlife and wild places.
From Weed to WonderPhoto Essay 03.11.2023Once dismissed as an underwater nuisance, scientists are beginning to see seagrass meadows as vital to marine and coastal health.
