The Hidden History of Australian Oyster Reefs

New research draws on historical data — including accounts from early explorers — to map the former extent of Australian shellfish reefs.

Justine E. Hausheer

Seaweed Farming: A Gateway to Conservation and Empowerment

Seaweed farming is often viewed as the pinnacle of sustainable aquaculture - but ensuring sustainability is incredibly complex.

Tiffany Waters

Why Are You Seeing Robins in Winter?

Spring has certainly not arrived, so why have the robins?

Cara Cannon Byington

Land Rich and Cash Poor

"For me as a black southerner who loves nature, the freedom of wildness is worth a life's weight in gold."

J. Drew Lanham

Why Staying on the Trail Is Bad for Nature

Is encouraging kids to treat nature as fragile and untouchable doing more harm than good?

Matthew L. Miller

Recovery: Smalltooth Sawfish Flickering Back

Recovery of the smalltooth sawfish is going better than expected, but public ignorance can still imperil these fish.

Ted Williams

Bumper-Crop Birds: Pop-Up Wetlands Are a Success in California

By partnering with rice farmers in California, the Conservancy is transforming fields into pop-up wetlands for migrant shorebirds, yielding the largest average shorebird densities ever reported for agriculture in the region.

Justine E. Hausheer

Global Change and Urban/Agriculture Competition for Water

More than 1 in 4 cities could have water shortages by 2050 even if they had first priority for water. How can cities meet growing demand in a changing climate?

Rob McDonald

What If All Maps Were Secret?

Conservationists, governments, and everyday people depend upon maps every day. But we always assume that these maps will be available. In Indonesia, that hasn’t always been true.

Musnanda Satar

The Secret in the Sand Dunes

Spoiler Alert: It's Christmas Trees

Cara Cannon Byington

The Mountain Lion in the Window

The subject of the message was: OMG! Mountain Lion Kitten in Window Well!!!! And really, it just got more interesting from there.

Cara Cannon Byington

Meet The Magnificently Weird Mola Mola

Meet the Mola mola (aka sunfish), quite possibly the weirdest fish in the sea.

Justine E. Hausheer