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Zebra doves and their owners await the start of competition at Singapore's Kebun Baru Birdsinging Club in 2019.
animals

Singapore's Birdsinging Clubs May Help Save Wild Songbirds

The centuries-old tradition includes socializing, competitions, and now, a conservation angle.
Ellie Clin June 11, 2021
GPS collars helped scientists track the animals.
science

One Biologist’s 20-Year Mission to Save Angola’s Giant Sable

The curly-horned antelope is hanging in there—sometimes from a helicopter.
Ashley Stimpson June 8, 2021
Chimpanzees at the sanctuary.
Freetown, Sierra Leone

Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary

A rehabilitation center for confiscated, orphaned, and abandoned chimpanzees.
Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are an endangered species that live and nest in the Gulf of Mexico. This one was photographed on Padre Island.
science

Helping Endangered Sea Turtles, One Emergency Surgery at a Time

For a species on the brink of extinction, saving one life can make a big difference.
Debra Moore and John Thomason May 24, 2021
The Magnolia Grandiflora in 2009 with the Hattie Carthan mural on the wall behind it.
Brooklyn, New York

Magnolia Grandiflora

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.
Alexsandro Brauna on the shoulder of a giant.
statues

It's Hard Work to Restore Rio's Christ the Redeemer, but the Views Are Amazing

The work is for the 90th anniversary in 2021, but the real party is still a decade away.
Lucy Bryson May 21, 2021
The endangered langurs need a hand—and, in Teluk Bahang, a bridge made from fire hoses.
ecology

In Malaysia, Recycled Fire Hoses Help Make Way for Endangered Langurs

These crossings keep them—and many other species—safe from roadway dangers.
Kristen Pope May 19, 2021
The famous Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, with lupines in the foreground.
space exploration

Iceland's Famed 'Lunar Landscape' Is Turning Purple

Pretty Alaskan lupine is changing the look of the country, and feelings about it are strong.
Egill Bjarnason May 11, 2021
The Westman Islands are a puffin paradise.
animals

Podcast: Puffin Patrol

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team May 10, 2021
A fisher with a sea cucumber haul in Mérida, Mexico, in April 2018.
science

A Mexican Nature Reserve Hopes to Get Sea Cucumbers Out of a Pickle

Poaching puts local fishers at risk, and two scientists are helping to brainstorm solutions.
Ellen Airhart May 7, 2021
This freshwater jellyfish, <em>Craspedacusta sowerbyi</em>, photographed in Walden in 2020, can be as small as a penny.
science

Walden Pond Is Full of Jellyfish, But Don't Panic

Meet the generally harmless translucent residents of Thoreau's favorite giant puddle.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 5, 2021
Members of the Sarayaku indigenous community believe that the rainforest should have legal rights.
law

The Fight to Secure Rights for Rainforests

The Sarayaku people of Ecuador are seeking legal protection for Amazonian plants and animals.
Emily Laber-Warren April 30, 2021
After being caught on the French Atlantic coast, young European eels—known as glass eels—are transported in boxes to Germany to restock local rivers.
animals

Will These Glass Eels Beat the Odds and Survive to Spawn?

Critically endangered, and a much-sought delicacy, the animals are imperiled at every turn.
Gemma Tarlach April 27, 2021
A time-lapse photo of fireflies aglow in the Great Smoky Mountains.
nature

Who Owns Appalachia's Greatest Natural Light Show?

Many viewers want to bask in synchronous fireflies’ glow. Ecologists want to ensure that the insects aren’t hurt in the process.
Joanna Thompson April 23, 2021
Overall, the black-browed albatross is a conservation success story.
islands

What Is Killing Albatross Chicks in the Falkland Islands?

The population is healthy overall, but a mysterious contagion has researchers looking for answers.
Erica Tennenhouse April 15, 2021
Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone

Tiwai Island

This river island in Sierra Leone is home to impressive biodiversity and the country's first community conservation program.
When foraging, never take the first or last of something, and always share what you gather.
nature

A Field Guide to North America’s Wild Crops

Spot these free-ranging versions of your favorite produce on your next hike.
Reina Gattuso April 7, 2021
Living Sharks Museum
Westerly, Rhode Island

Living Sharks Museum

Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.