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

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

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

Cutthroats and Cottonwoods: Protecting the South Fork of the Snake

On a family boat trip down Idaho's South Fork River, writer Kris Millgate explores TNC's role protecting this river ecosystem.

Kris Millgate

10 Years of SNAPP

How quickly can science make positive change in the world? For more than a decade, the Science for Nature and […]

Miranda Wolfe

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

Brazilian Family Farmers Use Agroforestry to Improve their Lands and Livelihoods (and Help Fight Climate Change)

Natural climate solutions, like agroforestry, can help protect biodiversity and contribute to the reductions needed to mitigate climate change.

The Editors

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

This Skunk Does Handstands. Yes, Handstands.

The island spotted skunk is difficult to observe. But a monitoring program on California’s Channel Islands offers a glimpse at this creature’s amazing habits.

Matthew L. Miller