Latest Conservation Stories
You can help measure the ocean’s health with this homemade gadget
What the US Coast Guard found on their last OceanGate Titan salvage mission
Fierce mama Grazer takes 2023’s Fat Bear Week crown
New neon-yellow snail from the Florida Keys gets a happy hour-ready name
Oyster-inspired sponges can scoop up nearly invisible nanoplastics in the ocean
Tree plantations try to offset our carbon pollution. Here’s the problem.
How we can help the most endangered class of animals survive climate change
Robotic ‘Super Monster Wolves’ are guarding Japanese towns against bears
America’s war in Afghanistan devastated the country’s environment in ways that may never be cleaned up
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Lynzy Billing/Inside Climate News
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To protect wild bumblebees, people have to find them first
South Africa’s Missing sharks have been found
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David Shiffman / Hakai Magazine
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Grizzlies are getting killed by roads, but the risks are bigger than roadkill
Earth’s stinkiest flower is threatened with extinction
Why some clownfish are growing up too quickly
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Elizabeth Landau / Hakai Magazine
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Sea the beauty of the world’s oceans with these 12 award-worthy photos
When climate change throws the Pacific off balance, the world’s weather follows
Invasive snails are chomping through Florida, and no one can stop them
‘Jet lag’ could be messing with pandas’ natural mating behaviors
Plastic fishing gear brings in a better catch, but there’s a big tradeoff
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Alastair Bland/Hakai Magazine
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The world’s first 3D-printed salmon is hitting store shelves, and it looks kind of good
11 jaw-dropping photos of marsupials, mushrooms, and more
New series offers an intimate look into how climate change impacts the lives of wildlife
Polar bear decline is directly linked to greenhouse gas emissions
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Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News
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How an internet sleuth rekindled hope for the survival of the clown wedgefish
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Brian Howey/Hakai Magazine
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This new subsea communications system can run on an iota of power
The Tonga volcanic eruption reshaped the seafloor in mind-boggling ways
Millions of tons of waste could be eliminated by ‘nudging’ consumers to skip the plastic fork
Maine’s puffins show another year of remarkable resiliency
The Pacific heat blob’s aftereffects are still warping ocean ecosystems
Scientists are intentionally bleaching and ‘cryopreserving’ coral
We can’t ignore that offshore wind farms are part of marine ecosystems
Emperor penguins suffer ‘unprecedented’ breeding failure as sea ice disappears
This is what happens when feral cows take over a remote Alaskan island
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Jude Isabella/Hakai Magazine
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Inside the fight to reclaim California’s biggest freshwater lake from algae
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Tien Nguyen/Knowable Magazine
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Some Pacific coral reefs can keep pace with a warming ocean
The truth behind animal resistance memes
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Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond / The Conversation
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The heroic effort to save Florida’s coral reef from a historic heatwave
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Michael Childress/The Conversation
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We need billions more baby trees to regrow US forests
Dead whales and dinosaur eggs: 7 fascinating images by researchers
Behold a 20-armed, strawberry-shaped Antarctic sea creature
Mission to recreate Darwin’s scientific Beagle voyage sets sail
Harrison Ford’s latest namesake is an Andean snake species
Popular shellfish resist extinction in surprising ways
Judge sides with youth activists in groundbreaking climate change lawsuit
Don’t lick the toads and other things to avoid at national parks
Nearly 1 million acres of land near the Grand Canyon is now a national monument
Up the coast from Pompeii, another city grows on top of an underground volcano
This waddling robot could guide baby turtles to the sea
Antarctica is in the climate change crosshairs
Why your favorite beach might be eroding
Trumpetfish use other fish as camouflage
In water-strained Utah, can golf courses justify their giant footprint?
As oceans become more acidic, creatures could struggle to smell
Coral is reproducing in broad daylight
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Chloe Glad/Hakai Magazine
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The Cook Islands appear to embrace deep-sea mining—but at what risk?
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Rachel Reeves/Hakai Magazine
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Eavesdropping on pink river dolphins could help save them
Mass coral reef bleaching in Florida as ocean temperatures hit 100 degrees
These unusual plants had disappeared—until citizen scientists helped hunt them down
A flightless parrot is returning to mainland New Zealand after a 40-year absence
The key to bringing deep sea samples up to the coast? An underwater freezer.
Why the creators of ‘Jaws’ regretted making sharks the monsters
Greenland’s ice sheets aren’t as old—or as resilient—as scientists expected
Japan’s plan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant is actually pretty safe
Who caught the first bluefin tuna?
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Karen Pinchin
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