Discover stories in Biodiversity
Vaquita: The World’s Most Endangered Marine Mammal
The vaquita, a small porpoise in the Gulf of California, is going extinct. A new book sheds light on its complicated plight.
A Feast of Fiddlehead Ferns
Everything you need to feast on ferns.
A Quest to Document the World’s Flowering Plants
They’re on a mission to document and photograph every flowering plant family on Earth.
Magpies: Murder, Mischief and Myth
Accused of eating cattle alive from the inside out, the black-billed magpie was once one of the most vilified birds on the planet. Discover the tangled history of humans and magpies.
Owl Underground: A Summer Encounter with Burrowing Owls
A hoot in the heat: meet the little owl that lives underground.
Collars or Cameras: How Do Researchers Best Monitor Wildlife?
Wildlife researchers are increasingly shifting to trail cams to monitor wildlife populations.
How Wild Predators Can Improve Human Health
Wild predators are almost always painted as the villain in myth and popular culture, but the truth is that predators are key for healthy ecosystems, and even healthy people.
Recovery: America’s Giant Squirrel Back from the Brink
Endangered Delmarva fox squirrel carcasses littered the road. But that was not as gloomy as it appeared. And today, the story is headed for a happy ending.
Meet the World’s 10 Most Endangered Sharks
More research is urgently needed to support improved conservation measures for world’s ten most critically endangered sharks.
Going Viral to Restore Damaged Ecosystems
Invasive species populations grow exponentially putting conservationists at a considerable disadvantage. We will have a solution that can go viral.
Saving Myanmar’s Timber Elephants
Logging elephants are an incredible part of Myanmar’s history — but they’re also key to help reduce the negative impacts that logging can have on the forests.
How Did Birds Get So Colorful?
Help scientists answer questions about bird plumage like, how colorful are birds? How quickly does plumage color evolve? Are changes in plumage color associated with the origins of new species?
