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Twenty-five people stand around some tables on a sandy pier in Brooklyn, New York. Behind the tables is a park ringed with some trees.

Restoring New York harbor with a billion oysters

 Audio
• February 17, 2023

A local New York City nonprofit is working to make the region a shellfish haven after decades of declining oyster populations

A large brick building sits on top of a big dam, with the river in the foreground. Excavators are demolishing a corner of the dam.

Take dams down and the fish will come

 Environment
• August 13, 2021

Thousands of U.S. dams could be removed to restore important fish habitat without impacting hydropower generation, experts say

A green, grassy landscape with hills and a cloudy sky in the background, and a small pond in the foreground

Can tree campaigns curb climate change without harming grasslands?

 Environment
• May 28, 2021

Past tree-planting pushes have had unintended ecological consequences

Whooping crane, Grus americana, endangered species native to North America [Credit: Ryan Hagerty | CC 0]

How the Biden administration can take action for biodiversity conservation

 Environment
• January 20, 2021

Biodiversity loss represents a growing environmental threat, conservationists say

A tree infested with the tell-tale white, fluffy egg sacs of the hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive species spreading through the Northeast U.S that can kill ecologically important hemlock trees. Credit: Nicholas A. Tonelli | CC BY 2.0

Spurred by climate change, invasive species threat looms over northeast U.S.

 Environment
• January 15, 2021

Global warming tips the scales in favor of invaders in the region

This image shows a freshwater fish. Freshwater fish are one of the most endangered groups of animals on Earth.

Global map to reveal ‘swimways’ of Earth’s fish

 Environment
• May 1, 2020

A small team of scientists is creating the first global 'swimways' map, a tool they hope will promote stronger policies to save freshwater fish from threats like dams and overfishing

a person pushes lawnmower across grass

Is the anti-lawn movement taking root?

 Environment
• April 3, 2019

Turf lawns come with a steep environmental price, but are a hard habit to break

Call these plants by their names

 Environment
• July 9, 2018

Botanical conservation and linguistic preservation go hand-in-hand on the remote island nation of Vanuatu

Mapping an Invasion

 Environment
• October 29, 2014

A new guide may help rangers stop the invasion of the Galapagos Islands.

Migrating to the city

 Environment
• June 30, 2014

How researchers are beginning to think differently about urban biodiversity

A Rose is a Rose, Except When it’s Called Something Else

 Life Science Blog
• October 7, 2010

Scientists love to name species – often more than once

 
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