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Two vaquitas pictured in the water. The right one has their back and rear fin visible, and the left one's face is visible.

Don’t blame genetics if we lose the world’s rarest marine mammal

 Environment
• 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

Oxpecker birds peeking over a giraffe's neck

When code becomes conservation

 Tech
• February 8, 2021

Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly common in conservation ecology. Should it be?

Honeybee perches on purple and yellow flower gathering nectar

Roundup may harm honeybee gut health

 Environment
• January 25, 2021

The popular weed killer could impair honeybees’ immune systems, leaving them vulnerable to infections

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 heather blueberry plant takes up the whole frame. Small, dark blue berries dot a shrub with rounded leaves. Most leaves are bright green, some are orange and red.

The evolution of ethnobotany

 Environment
• January 13, 2021

To save the plants, one scientific field highlights the importance of protecting Indigenous knowledge

Drawing of beaver kits

A rogue conservationist fights for the return of Britain’s busiest mammal

 Environment
• December 4, 2020

In his new book, Derek Gow tells the story of his intrepid rewilding campaign

A white rhino walking across savanna grassland

Rhino conservation in a time of crisis

 Audio
• September 28, 2020

For vulnerable wildlife and communities, a steep drop in tourism means an uncertain future

Image of a spruce grouse - a turkey-sized bird with brown and grey feathers and a rim of red around its eyes - in a tree.

This pine needle-eating bird is disappearing from Adirondack forests

 Environment
• August 1, 2020

Even as conservationists seek to save spruce grouse, their decline may signal broader issues for forest birds

Arjan Dwarshuis looks through his binoculars

A natural-born birder

 Environment
• June 24, 2020

Arjan Dwarshuis’ record-setting year shows how much birdwatching has changed

A little Goeldi's Monkey sits in a tree and watches the zookeepers

Baby anteaters sound like car engines, and other observations by zookeepers

 Life Science
• January 23, 2019

From anteaters to red pandas, there's a lot we don't know about large mammals. Undergrad researchers at a Connecticut zoo are working to change that

A black bird with a white patch above its shoulder sits on a branch

Decreased bird diversity disrupts foraging on farms

 Environment
• December 6, 2018

In forests, birds flock to find food. On farms with trees — not so much, a new study says

Two people on a boat watch a polar bear walk on snowy ground.

Does human recreation in the Arctic put polar bears at risk?

 Environment
• November 9, 2018

Arctic activities could hurt polar bears, but it won’t matter if sea ice keeps melting

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

We need a better way to measure monarch populations

 Environment
• April 4, 2018

An iconic butterfly is in trouble – but how much trouble?

PODCAST: Bring oysters back into NYC’s waters

 Audio
• September 29, 2017

Meet educators who are teaching the younger generation about restoring oysters to New York Harbor

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