50 Fish, 50 States: Bartram’s Bass

Bass fishing can be one of life’s simple pleasures. It also demonstrates that humans have a nearly infinite capacity to overcomplicate things.

Matthew L. Miller

The Amargosa Vole is the World’s Cutest Litmus Test of the Human-Water Relationship

The Amargosa vole is a story of loss and rediscovery, peril and surprise.

Sophie Parker

Making Global Freshwater Targets Local

Creative solutions that go beyond conventional protected areas are necessary to safeguard the future of global freshwater ecosystems.

Matthew L. Miller

Story type: TNC Science Brief

Trapping Tiny Pocket Mice in the Nebraska Prairie

A long-running study at Platte River Prairies preserve looks at the relationships between small mammals and grassland management.

Justine E. Hausheer

8 Great U.S. National Parks for Birding

With summer in full swing, there's no better time to go birding. Here are 8 U.S. national parks that offer interesting birding opportunities.

Matthew L. Miller

Two New Mammal Guides for Australia & the SW Pacific

These two new guides cover some of the world's most marvellous mammals, from kangaroos to quolls, to flying foxes and clambering cuscus.

Justine E. Hausheer

Frogs as Pollinators?

This Brazilian frog may pollinate milk fruit trees as it visits flowers to sip nectar.

Christine Peterson

8 Birds to Spark a Kid’s Interest in Nature

Meet the birds that can ignite a lifelong interest in the natural world.

Matthew L. Miller

50 Fish, 50 States: Overlooked Native Fish in National Parks

50 Fish, 50 States: Matt Miller searches for chubs and sauger on the Little Missouri River in North Dakota.

Matthew L. Miller

Mad Island: Fire Restores Prairie on the Texas Gulf Coast

To restore the prairie, you have to burn it.

Matthew L. Miller

The Nature Conservancy Announces Expansion of First dFAD Partnership

This year on World Tuna Day, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Hawai‘i and Palmyra announces the expansion of the first drifting […]

The Editors

The First World Map of Tidal Marshes

A new global map of tidal marshes, one of the world’s most productive ecosystems.

Mark Spalding