Connect with Nature
Our stories bring nature to you… in your backyard, a nearby park, and around the world. From wildlife to wild places, follow your curiosity and explore with us.
Find Wildlife
Is that a coyote? Our tips for how to find, identify, & understand wildlife.
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On “Trash” Birds: Rethinking How We Label Common Species
Why trash birds is a trash term.
Bat: It’s What’s for Dinner
From crocodiles swimming through bat guano sludge to raccoons feasting in caves, here are weird stories of the predators that target bats.
A Search for the Cassia Crossbill, Idaho’s Endemic Bird
Meet the crossbill shaped by lodgepole pine “islands” and an absence of squirrels.
Rwanda’s Mountain Gorillas: Culture and Community-Centered Conservation
National Geographic Society & TNC extern Cyusa Rio Dasilva shares his experience studying mountain gorillas in Rwanda.
Maximizing Climate Returns: Albedo Accounting for Smarter Carbon Investments
New research shows how the albedo effect—Earth’s reflectivity—influences how well forest restoration projects can help cool the Earth.
Breakfast with the Resplendent Quetzal
Haunting the cloud forest on a quest to find the magnificent, and increasingly rare, national bird of Guatemala
Explore Outdoors
Explore nature near you & the places where TNC works.
Ponderosa Pines & 60-Mile Weeks: The Intersection of Sport & Nature
An avid runner finds his connection to nature on the trail in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Crossing Nets: A Loggerhead Turtle’s Journey Through Bycatch in Catalonia
National Geographic Society & TNC extern Ona Santisteban Uribarri shares her experience studying loggerheads and bycatch in the Mediterranean.
Mangroves: These Climate Defenders Are Critical to Human Health
National Geographic Society & TNC extern Vaidehi Patel shares her experience studying the intersection between mangrove populations and human health.
Aquaculture Can Benefit Blue Carbon Ecosystems
A new review, led by TNC scientists, explores the potential for bivalve aquaculture to benefit blue carbon ecosystems.
New Jersey Cats Caught on Camera
Photographer Steve Winter uses camera traps to capture stunning images of bobcats and other wildlife in New Jersey.
Remote-Controlled Badger Helps Study Prairie Dog Alarm Calls
Researchers in Montana use a taxidermied badger and remote-control car to show how long-billed curlews listen in on prairie dog alarm calls.
Know Your Nature
Stories that satisfy your curiosity about the natural world.
Palmyra Atoll: An Angler’s Experience Fishing for Science
A passion for fishing remote places leads this global fishing guide to Palmyra Atoll.
Call Boxes & Crow Effigies: Protecting Nesting Birds in Cape May
TNC is using call boxes, fake effigies, and bird decoys to protect nesting shorebirds on Cape May.
To Help Iconic Trees, Inject Them With Disease
To save American elms, conservationists are quite literally injecting disease into the trees. This Q&A explains why.
How Living Cover Could Help Heal the U.S. Corn Belt
Regenerative ag practices—like cover crops, agroforestry, and pastured livestock—could reduce nitrate loss, erosion and emissions.
Three New Natural History Books for August
Stunning photos of fungi, botanical essays, and stories from the Australia’s natural history collections.
Climate Mitigation Depends on Seed-Dispersing Wildlife
A new study finds that the loss of seed-dispersing species in tropical forests more than halves the potential for areas of natural regrowth to sequester carbon.
