Lisbon’s COVID-19 Dolphin Resurgence is Coming to an End
In Portugal, as around the world, the benefits of lockdown to wildlife have proved fleeting.
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Can Rockhoppers Survive the Next Leap?
These daredevil penguins persevere in seemingly impossible places despite the challenges they face.
The Ghosts of Conservation Past
A look back at the United States’ outsize influence on global conservation reveals why the latest funding cuts should come as no surprise.
In the Wake of the Storm
A scientist tracks how cuts to federal funding are reshaping coastal communities, research, and species management in Alaska.
The Fight for the Heart of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
One year after the Trump administration threw the EPA into chaos, former employees continue to push back—and to dream of an agency reborn.
After the Outbreak
A northern gannet colony devastated by avian influenza is slowly recovering—and so are the researchers who witnessed the virus’s wrath.
A Mysterious Salmon-Killing Affliction is a Mystery No More
In California, scientists tracked the source of a severe vitamin deficiency that’s killing endangered fish.
The Curse of Dead Corals
When heat waves bleach reefs, do dead coral skeletons help or hinder recovery?
Mercury Rising
When Alaska’s wolves began eating sea otters, it looked like a story of adaptation. Then they started getting sick.
Charting a Course Through Bears’ Eyes
In British Columbia, stewards from the Heiltsuk First Nation are using computational models and Indigenous knowledge to protect bears’ access to salmon.
Can Rockhoppers Survive the Next Leap?
These daredevil penguins persevere in seemingly impossible places despite the challenges they face.
The Ghosts of Conservation Past
A look back at the United States’ outsize influence on global conservation reveals why the latest funding cuts should come as no surprise.
In the Wake of the Storm
A scientist tracks how cuts to federal funding are reshaping coastal communities, research, and species management in Alaska.
The Fight for the Heart of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
One year after the Trump administration threw the EPA into chaos, former employees continue to push back—and to dream of an agency reborn.
After the Outbreak
A northern gannet colony devastated by avian influenza is slowly recovering—and so are the researchers who witnessed the virus’s wrath.
A Mysterious Salmon-Killing Affliction is a Mystery No More
In California, scientists tracked the source of a severe vitamin deficiency that’s killing endangered fish.
The Curse of Dead Corals
When heat waves bleach reefs, do dead coral skeletons help or hinder recovery?
Mercury Rising
When Alaska’s wolves began eating sea otters, it looked like a story of adaptation. Then they started getting sick.
Charting a Course Through Bears’ Eyes
In British Columbia, stewards from the Heiltsuk First Nation are using computational models and Indigenous knowledge to protect bears’ access to salmon.
