Saved by Sand Dunes

On the five year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, a return to the Jersey Shore towns saved by sand dunes.

Cara Cannon Byington

A Brief Field Guide to the Rocks at Blowing Rocks

What, exactly, are the rocks at the Conservancy's Blowing Rocks preserve? And why do they sometimes blow like geysers?

Cara Cannon Byington

Give Me Shelter

Our writer is in Cape May during fall migration. She could be birding, so why is she climbing around on a roof without her binoculars instead?

Cara Cannon Byington

Reef Cam: An Underwater View of an Australian Rocky Reef

Check out a live underwater view of a rocky reef in Melbourne, Australia, and then watch the gannet cam above the surface!

Justine E. Hausheer

Recovery: Restoring Decency to Tarpon Tournaments

Can fishing tournaments treat the tarpon, a fish nobody eats, with the respect it deserves?

Ted Williams

Coastal Wetlands Prevented $625M in Property Damage During Hurricane Sandy

Put a dollar value on it: engineers, ecologists and risk modelers team up to measure the value of coastal wetlands for reducing hurricane risk.

Siddharth Narayan and Mike Beck

Fish Tales: Sourcing Recreational Fisheries Data from Newspaper Records

Scientists successfully used historical newspaper records to gather data on recreational fishing in Australia's Noosa Estuary, revealing declines in the fishery over time.

Justine E. Hausheer

Kids, Drones & Science at the Water’s Edge in Grenada

The future of Grenada is in good hands because kids like this — who can plant mangroves and test water quality without even wrinkling their clothes — kids like this can probably do just about anything.

Cara Cannon Byington

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

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

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

Satellite-Tagged Sharks Provide New Data on Gulf Migrations

Follow Nature Conservancy scientists as they tag sharks in the Gulf of Mexico to better understand their migration.

Justine E. Hausheer