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Conservation Biology
Tourism and environmental threats are shaping the fragile future of these iconic, surprisingly intelligent island predators.
A few physical quantities, in all laboratory experiments, are always conserved: including energy. But for the entire Universe? Not so much.
Dreams of resurrecting lost species didn’t start in Hollywood or Silicon Valley.
In 8,000-mile journey, a male humpback ditches Colombia for Tanzania — however, scientists don’t know why he made the trip.
A member of a species that kills trees, this mushroom is not the first to be called the Humongous Fungus — and perhaps not the last.
Researchers are working nest by nest to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.
New tests to detect species being traded, as well as population studies, aim to help save them.
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“If given a chance, nature can rebound, and nature can rebound dramatically.” Biologist Sean B. Carroll discusses the resilience of nature and how humans can help it thrive. Humans litter, […]
13.8 columnist Marcelo Gleiser reflects on his recent voyage to Earth's last wild continent.
As wind power grows around the world, so does the threat the turbines pose to wildlife. From simple fixes to high-tech solutions, new approaches can help.
Without even realizing it, we’ve actually become pretty god-like in our powers.
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Are we the stories we tell? Kmele sat down with legendary conservationist Jane Goodall, actor Terry Crews and psychologist Dan McAdams to discuss how humanity makes its meaning.
The potential benefits of returning the thylacine to Australia make the project worth the effort.
In the 1960s, politicians and bureaucrats were formulating the Central Arizona Project. Citizens fought back.
Meet the masterful con-men who impressed the great and the good despite the astonishing fiction of their very existence.
Fossil Cycad National Monument held America’s richest deposit of petrified cycadeoid plants, until it didn’t.
An X-ray offers a glimpse into the painter’s early years.
Rich data on the global state of our feathered friends presents plenty of bad news — but also some bright spots.
Numerous videos online show that squid undergo a dramatic color-changing effect after being stunned or killed.
The moths in your garden might hear your tomato plant's pain.
The jail environment teaches the animals that approaching humans results in a boring and annoying experience.
Deep underwater, temperatures are close to freezing and the pressure is 1,000 times higher than at sea level.
To answer that question, we may have to figure out when the famed painter started to go bald.
Communication among cetaceans, like whales and dolphins, looks especially promising.
Merely 256 genetically engineered mice could make an island's pest population go extinct.
De-extinction, if it is ever possible, will not be simple.
A conservator from the Rijksmuseum explains how they went about investigating whether the painting is a genuine Rembrandt.
The dating pool is small — no pun intended.
All American and European eels originate in the same place.