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Restoring Old-Growth Forests in the Pacific Northwest: Lessons from TNC’s Ellsworth Creek Preserve
Scientists are evaluating 15 years of forest management at TNC’s Ellsworth Creek Preserve to inform large-scale forest restoration efforts.
Mapping the Planet’s Critical Areas for Biodiversity & Nature’s Contributions to People
New science points to areas where conservation can provide 90% of nature’s contributions to people and meet biodiversity goals.
Borax Lake Chub: Conserving a High Desert Survivor
This fish has adapted to a lake high in arsenic and heavy metals. But human activity poses a greater challenge.
Communities Unite to Save Papua New Guinea’s Forests from Logging
A group of villages in Papua New Guinea decided to protect their damaged rainforests from future clearcuts. A photographer captured that work in action.
Sea Turtles Are Under Threat from Small-Scale Fisheries
Free divers are fishing turtles at unsustainble levels in the Solomon Islands.
Coral Atolls are Not a Lost Cause
An international team argues that strategic ecological restoration could save coral atoll islands from the rising seas of climate change.
Can You Help a Fish Imprint On a River?
Scientists hope that incubating eggs in a river might help reverse a historic whitefish decline in the Great Lakes.
Nēnē: The Recovery of the Hawaiian Goose
One of the rarest waterfowl species on earth, the nene nearly disappeared forever. Here is its epic story.
Pigeon Predictors & Turtle Backpacks: How Tracking Wildlife Can Aid Climate Change Research
Wildlife tracking can provide humans with critical information to predict our weather and climate patterns.
A New Future for Mine Lands in the Central Appalachians
In Central Appalachian, mine lands can be restored to forests in ways that benefit biodiversity, carbon storage and local economies.
Lost and Found: A Story from Palmyra Atoll
When you work in a place remote as Palmyra Atoll, if equipment fails, there won’t be a midweek run to Bass Pro Shops.
Prioritizing Land Protection to Save Mammals from Extinction
A new study identifies habitats where strengthening existing conservation protections can reduce extinction risk for mammals.
