New Protections & Tagged Turtles Provide Hope for the Arnavon Islands

A second round of satellite-tagged turtles provides more migration data, while the Arnavons rookery receives new protections to help prosecute poachers.

Justine E. Hausheer

Need a Moment of Conservation Zen? We’ve Got Orca Sounds.

Best Job Ever? Phil Green shares the sounds from a summer morning on Yellow Island: orcas, white-crowned sparrows, orange-crowned warblers and more. Close your eyes and enjoy a moment of Conservation Zen.

Phil Green

The Underwater Secrets of Horseshoe Crabs

It’s well known that shorebirds rely on horseshoe crab eggs. But these eggs may be just as important to underwater creatures.

Joe Smith

Forest Soundscapes Hold the Key for Biodiversity Monitoring

New research from Nature Conservancy scientists indicates that forest fragmentation drives distinct changes in the dawn and dusk choruses of forests in Papua New Guinea.

Justine E. Hausheer

Adventures in Self-Experimentation: Matrix Pills & Plowing Tropical Fields

Scientists Nick Wolff and Yuta Masuda recount their experiences testing new technology first-hand in the fields of Indonesia.

Yuta J. Masuda and Nicholas H. Wolff

Can India’s Farmers Deliver Clean Air Along with Good Food?

Delhi’s residents live with air pollution and smog every day. Could changing farming practices help change this reality?

Priya Shyamsundar

Traditional Knowledge Helps Monitor Threatened Bilbies on Martu Country

Scientists and indigenous rangers are designing a new method for monitoring threatened bilby populations in Australia's Martu country.

Justine E. Hausheer

Recovery: Bringing Back Bumble Bees

Everyone knows bees are in trouble. But, too often, we’re focused on the wrong bees.

Ted Williams

The (Fishery-Monitoring) Cameras Never Blink

We live in a time of unprecedented innovations to solve the Gordian Knot of sustainable fisheries: the lack of data.

Cara Cannon Byington

You Won’t Believe How This Desert Toad Survives Drought

A Great Basin spadefoot toad might hunker down for a decade waiting for Mother Nature to produce a puddle.

Kris Millgate

How Can the Pronghorn Cross the Fence?

Pronghorns may be the second fastest land mammal on earth, but a simple fence can stop them in their tracks.

Bebe Crouse

Secret Snails of the Magic Valley

In the isolated, crystal-clear waters of Idaho’s Thousand Springs region live species found nowhere else on earth.

Matthew L. Miller