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

TNC Scientist Honored with Naming of New Skink Species

It’s not every day that a young female scientist is honored alongside David Attenborough and E. O. Wilson.

Justine E. Hausheer

Backyard Bioblitz: How to Be A Citizen Scientist in Your Backyard

A bioblitz is a nature scavenger hunt, for science. Here are our tips to DIY a bioblitz from your very own backyard.

The Editors

Small but Mighty: Pacific Island Atolls are Globally Important Sites for Tropical Seabirds

Global conservation efforts largely overlook the important contributions of atolls to the protection, restoration, and survival of tropical seabirds.

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief