Camera Trap Chronicles: Rattlesnakes and Howling Coyotes

And more. Coming to you from TNC's Bridgestone Reserve in central Tennessee.

Matthew L. Miller

Tracking the Tiny Bats of Aotearoa 

Join scientists for a night of bat trapping in New Zealand, where predator control is helping to protect the country's only endemic land mammal.

Justine E. Hausheer

These Carnivorous Snails Slurp Earthworms Like Spaghetti

Meet the powelliphanta snail, a weird and wonderful New Zealand endemic that slurps earthworms like pasta.

Justine E. Hausheer

Camera Trap Chronicles: Wildlife of Indonesian Borneo’s Forests

Camera trap footage from the Wehea Protection Forest in East Kalimantan reveals sun bears, great argus and more.

Matthew L. Miller

Camera Trap Chronicles: Orangutans of Indonesian Borneo

Orangutans spend most of their time in trees, but camera traps provide a glimpse of the apes on ground.

Matthew L. Miller

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

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

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

Caught on Camera: the Long-Nosed Chilean Shrew Opossum

Camera traps in the Valdivian Coastal Reserve document an increase in sites where one of Chile's least-known marsupials is known to live.

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief

Meet the Mysterious Long-Nosed Chilean Shrew Opossum

Spoiler alert: it's not a shrew. It's a relict marsupial, and has lived in the forests of Chile's Valdivian Coast for millennia.

Cara Cannon Byington

Backyard Bioblitz: How to Be A Citizen Scientist in Your Backyard

A bioblitz is a nature scavenger hunt, for science. Here are our tips to DIY a bioblitz from your very own backyard.

The Editors