Meet the Channel-billed Cuckoo, the World’s Largest Brood Parasite

Summer in eastern Australia means one thing: the arrival of the channel-billed cuckoos, the world’s largest brood parasite and one very cool bird.

Justine E. Hausheer

A Half Mile Underwater on Connecticut’s Eight Mile River

A snorkelling trip on a northeast river reveals a variety of unexpected freshwater creatures.

Keith Williams

Animals That Turn White in Winter Face a Climate Challenge

Hares, ptarmigans and Arctic foxes all turn white in winter, but as our planet warms, that adaptation may also need to, well, adapt again.

Christine Peterson

The Other Tannenbaum: Cutting an Alternative Christmas Tree

Kris Millage shares her experience cutting a wild juniper as a Christmas tree.

Kris Millgate

Coconut Palms Dominate Over Half of Pacific Atoll Forests

First study of its kind shows that decades of coconut palm agriculture have led to deforestation on over 80 percent of Pacific atolls, and coconut palms now cover more than half of the atolls' forested areas.

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief

First Christmas & First Loss

This excerpt from A Cowgirl’s Conservation Journey tells the story of Heidi Redd's very rough first Christmas on the ranch.

Heidi Redd and Larisa Bowen

Photographing Water for the One of the World’s Driest Cities

A photographer captions the merging of modern science and ancient wisdom in the Peruvian Andes

Jenny Rogers

Tracking Down the American Woodcock

A Q&A with scientist Colby Slezak on how following the migrating shorebirds revealed a rare nesting pattern.

Jenny Rogers

Are There Mountain Lions in New Jersey?

Sightings of mountain lions abound in the eastern United States. What’s the real story?

Matthew L. Miller

Fish Aggregating Devices Could Enhance the Effectiveness of Blue Water Marine Protected Areas

Research from TNC’s Palmyra Atoll suggests fish aggregating devices could increase the time mobile species spend within blue water MPAs.

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief

How to Catch a Wild dFAD

A small boat, four people, 500 pounds (or more) of rope, netting, floats, rafts and sometimes barnacles. Gloves definitely required.

Cara Cannon Byington

A Day in the Life of a Field Scientist: Cape York Edition

Follow TNC scientists for a day of fieldwork in Australia’s Cape York – searching for palm cockatoos, cuscus and crocodiles, while discovering a diversity of little things.

Thalie Partridge