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Marlowe Starling • May 30, 2023
Students from three schools participated in a program to create ‘living shorelines’ along the coast to protect communities from storm surge and flooding
Marlowe Starling • May 5, 2023
Ten years after Superstorm Sandy struck the east coast, naturalists worry a government-funded storm mitigation plan will wipe out a historic ecosystem
Delaney Dryfoos • September 1, 2022
The fragile estuary is also a vital food source for New Yorkers, including Asian Americans, suffering during the pandemic
Tatum McConnell • July 7, 2022
New York City is at the center of a political fight over dimming nighttime lights that attract and kill migrating birds
Tatum McConnell • February 25, 2022
A federal mandate to phase out open-net fish farms and the announced closure of a hatchery signal the practice is on its way out
Delger Erdenesanaa • August 13, 2021
Thousands of U.S. dams could be removed to restore important fish habitat without impacting hydropower generation, experts say
Huanjia Zhang • July 2, 2021
A Florida captain’s creative solution to the global problem of marine debris: Let’s rodeo
Julie Levy • June 16, 2021
Growing public awareness and engagement have played a part in the birds’ recovery, experts say
Delger Erdenesanaa • May 28, 2021
Past tree-planting pushes have had unintended ecological consequences
Lauren Leffer • April 23, 2021
Brood X periodical cicadas come out every 17 years and are set to emerge this spring. One day, they might not
Casey Crownhart • March 17, 2021
A squid robot is among the latest to take to the seas
Jackie Appel • March 3, 2021
About 10 vaquitas are left on the planet, but a new study confirms fishing nets pose a much bigger extinction threat than inbreeding
Joanna Thompson • February 8, 2021
Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly common in conservation ecology. Should it be?
Casey Crownhart • January 25, 2021
The popular weed killer could impair honeybees’ immune systems, leaving them vulnerable to infections
Ethan Freedman • January 20, 2021
Biodiversity loss represents a growing environmental threat, conservationists say