Tracking Down the American Woodcock

A Q&A with scientist Colby Slezak on how following the migrating shorebirds revealed a rare nesting pattern.

Jenny Rogers

Are There Mountain Lions in New Jersey?

Sightings of mountain lions abound in the eastern United States. What’s the real story?

Matthew L. Miller

Fish Aggregating Devices Could Enhance the Effectiveness of Blue Water Marine Protected Areas

Research from TNC’s Palmyra Atoll suggests fish aggregating devices could increase the time mobile species spend within blue water MPAs.

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief

A Day in the Life of a Field Scientist: Cape York Edition

Follow TNC scientists for a day of fieldwork in Australia’s Cape York – searching for palm cockatoos, cuscus and crocodiles, while discovering a diversity of little things.

Thalie Partridge

Do Enticing Mites Help Florida Scrub Lizards Attract a Mate?

Scientists at TNC's Tiger Creek Preserve are using lizard robots — yes, robots — to figure out if parasitic mites helped lizards attract a mate.  

Justine E. Hausheer

To Save Pacific Turtles, Focus on Small-Scale Fisheries

Small-scale fisheries cause significantly greater mortality to Solomon Islands turtles than longliners.

Justine E. Hausheer

Story type: TNC Science Brief

Why Are Black Bears Thriving?

Most of the world’s bear species face serious threats, but black bears have adapted to a human-dominated landscape.

Christine Peterson

Caught on Camera: the Long-Nosed Chilean Shrew Opossum

Camera traps in the Valdivian Coastal Reserve document an increase in sites where one of Chile's least-known marsupials is known to live.

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief

Meet the Mysterious Long-Nosed Chilean Shrew Opossum

Spoiler alert: it's not a shrew. It's a relict marsupial, and has lived in the forests of Chile's Valdivian Coast for millennia.

Cara Cannon Byington

Blue Mussels & Water Pollution: Protecting Wales’s River Conwy

TNC & National Geographic Society extern Evy Mansat Gros shares her experience studying blue mussels & water pollution in Wales.

Evy Mansat Gros

Bringing Beavers Back to Britain

Nature Conservancy & National Geographic Society extern Eleanor Salisbury shares her experience studying how reintroducing beavers to the U.K. can benefit both nature and people.

Eleanor Salisbury

Crested Rats & Hairy Porcupines: Meet 7 of the World’s Coolest Rodents

Rodents don’t always have the best reputation, but they can be beautiful, surprising and just downright bizarre. Here are seven of the world’s coolest rodents.

Matthew L. Miller