Saving Animals by Mapping Their Migrations

Maps that display migration data with the human connections and livelihoods can help advance sustainable conservation.

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief

Earth Day Book Review 2021

Six books to celebrate the planet’s biodiversity and conservation.

Matthew L. Miller

Stayin’ Alive at the Seabird Disco

Seabird discos - complete with fake birds, mirrors, and a sound system - help restore breeding bird populations in the Caribbean.

Justine E. Hausheer

Tracking a Night-Time River of Birds

Many birds migrate at night. Here’s how researchers track them.

Hannah Welzbacker

Beaver? Otter? Muskrat? A Field Guide to Freshwater Mammals

Think you saw a beaver or a mink? Here’s how to tell for sure.

Matthew L. Miller

Linking Birds, Farmer Attitudes and Conservation

A new paper examines how farmer attitudes towards birds affect on-farm conservation practices.

Matthew L. Miller

When Mammals Glow in the Dark

Scientists are discovering dozens of mammals that glow under ultraviolet light, from flying squirrels to wombats to African springhares.

Justine E. Hausheer

Hope and Peril for North America’s “Snow Parrot”

North America’s sole remaining native parrot faces an endless litany of threats. But there’s hope.

Christine Peterson

Remove the Rats, Restore the Seashore

New science from Alaska’s Aleutian Islands finds that eradicating invasive rodents helps restore marine habitats, too.

Justine E. Hausheer

Story type: TNC Science Brief

50 Fish, 50 States: Whitefish & the End of the World as We Know It

You can’t freeze time, even when ice fishing

Matthew L. Miller

Giving Wildlife Room to Roam in the Face of Climate Change

Why Idaho’s Pioneer Mountains give wildlife room to roam in the face of climate change.

Matthew L. Miller

For Transplanted Tortoises, Who Lives and Who Dies?

Research into the survival of desert tortoises holds keys for successful assisted climate migration.

Kris Millgate