Even for Solitary Squirrels, It’s Better to Know the Neighbors

Anti-social red squirrels still live longer if they have frequent interactions with each other.

Christine Peterson

How Healthy is the Ocean? Technology and Big Data Have the Answer

Oceans sustain life on this planet. Ocean ecosystems provide seafood that one in seven people in the world rely on […]

Opportunities to Improve Fisheries Management through Innovative Technology and Advanced Data Systems

In this study, published in Fish and Fisheries, the authors describe the current status, challenges and future directions of high-tech data systems […]

The Editors

Helping Birds Adapt to Climate Change in the Nevada Desert

Planting trees to help birds adapt to climate change is the latest chapter in a history of Amargosa River conservation.

Matthew L. Miller

Can Freshwater Reserves Protect Tropical Fish Diversity?

A new paper details the conservation success of community-led freshwater reserves in Thailand.

Matthew L. Miller

Why Pandas Are Rubbing Themselves with Horse Manure

It’s true: for years, giant pandas have been rubbing horse manure on themselves. New research suggests a reason.

Christine Peterson

6 More Nature Documentaries to Stream Tonight

At the end of a long, stressful day, nothing beats a good nature documentary. 

Justine E. Hausheer

Bowerbirds: Meet the Bird World’s Kleptomaniac Love Architects

They display, they dance, and they collect baubles like a jealous hoarder. Meet Australia’s incredible bowerbirds.

Justine E. Hausheer

Remembering Dr. Robert Jenkins, The Nature Conservancy’s First Science Director

Remembering Dr. Robert Jenkins, who fundamentally changed the approach to land and water conservation.

Slow Birding: Twenty Years Observing Ring Ouzels

Two British birders set out to better understand one secretive bird species. And are still at it 20 years later.

Matthew L. Miller

When Only a Hippopotamus Will Do

Hippos for the holidays? Some weird stories of human-hippo relations.

Matthew L. Miller

Operation Ponderosa: Saving a Forest, Pandemic Edition

An inspiring solo adventure to help save Texas’s ponderosa pines.

Matthew L. Miller