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Insect farming could serve an important role in alleviating food insecurity in Madagascar, where almost half of all children under five are malnourished.
science

To Save Madagascar’s Wildlife, an Entomologist Is Helping Revive a Bug-Based Cuisine

Local insect farms could save lemurs, baobabs, and more.
Andy Isaacson March 31, 2020
A volunteer scuba diver gathers seeds from the seabed in Porthdinllaen, Wales.
oceans

The Fight to Resurrect the U.K.'s Underwater Meadows of Seagrass

Seagrass captures carbon and creates marine habitat—so scientists are bringing it back.
Damian Carrington March 18, 2020
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science

San Francisco’s Newest Bison Are Making Themselves at Home

Five new urban ungulates are settling in.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 12, 2020
The endangered sea turtles of São Tomé now have the island's biggest pop star on their side.
science

In São Tomé, a Pop Star Helps Keep Sea Turtles Off the Dinner Table

A hit single is benefiting an endangered species.
Luke Fater March 5, 2020
Fresh off a transatlantic trip, Jeremy Bentham's "auto-icon" just got a new permanent home at the University of College London.
wax anatomy

Why a 272-Year-Old Philosopher Just Got Carted Across a College Quad

A new home for Jeremy Bentham’s old bones is prompting a philosophical debate.
Isaac Schultz March 4, 2020
An elk herd in Cataloochee.
Maggie Valley, North Carolina

Smoky Mountain Elk Fest

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.
<em>Cyanea kuhihewa</em>, rediscovered.
botanical gardens

In Kaua‘i, Botanists Rediscover an Extinct Plant Once Mistaken for Another Extinct Plant

Just another day in Hawaiian conservation.
Sabrina Imbler February 28, 2020
Colombian conservator Clemencia Vernaza peers up at her work in Colombia's Parque Arqueológico Nacional de Tierradentro.
mountains

The Effort to Save Colombia's Underground Mountaintop Tombs

Scientists and conservators are finally able to return to what was once an Andean war zone.
Megan Janetsky February 24, 2020
The chubby, moss-colored, papaya-scented kākāpō.
islands

How One Man and His Dog Rowed More Than 700 Kākāpōs to Safety

In the late 19th century, Richard Henry laid a blueprint for modern conservation in New Zealand.
Sabrina Imbler February 19, 2020
So you want to tag a great white, do you?
sharks

The Carolinas' Mysterious Great White Shark Cluster Is Not Mysterious, Not a Cluster

They're just doing what sharks do.
Sabrina Imbler February 14, 2020
Welcome to a thoroughly 21st-century ark.
coral reefs

The Coral Ark That Hopes to Save Florida’s Ailing Reefs

As a mysterious disease sweeps across the region, dry land might be the last best hope for survival.
Sabrina Imbler February 12, 2020
Surprise, surprise: It didn't smell great down there.
infrastructure

Centuries of Crap and Some Historical Treasures in an Old London Cesspit

An art museum found a very old toilet—right under where its new bathroom was being built.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 6, 2020
An aerial image of Baa Atoll in the Maldives, a coral island group not far from Kaashidhoo.
islands

Thousands of Trees Are Disappearing From Islands in the Maldives

As developers build artificial islands to attract tourists, they're also uprooting trees from nearby atolls.
Anuradha Varanasi February 6, 2020
Restorers work on the altarpiece at the Catedral Basílica Santa María la Antigua in Panama City.
sacred spaces

How Golden, Mummified Bees Hid in a Panama City Cathedral Altar

Restorers discovered the centuries-old bees' nests while preparing for a visit from the Pope.
Sabrina Imbler February 5, 2020
Firefly populations seem to be flickering in many spots around the world. The insects are pictured here in the Santuario de las Luciernagas, in Tlaxcala, Mexico, in 2017.
insects

The 21st Century Might Not Be So Magical for Fireflies

Experts are flashing a warning for the future.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 4, 2020
In "The Mating Proposal," a male common kingfisher offers fish to a female. This is the most complex sculpture Rajput has built so far.
art

A Self-Taught Indian Artist Sculpts Intricate Birds From Paper and Wire

Around 100 bird species have taken wing from the studio of New Delhi artist and conservationist Niharika Rajput.
Richa Malhotra February 4, 2020
The sizable slugs are bright, but good at hiding.
volcanoes

An Ancient Australian Volcano Is a Haven for Giant Pink Slugs

Just because they're huge and garish doesn't mean they're easy to find.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 31, 2020
Today nearly 7,000 Père David's deer roam the wetlands of China.
natural history

The French Missionary and the English Duke Who Saved a Chinese Deer From Extinction

A conservation tale 120 years in the telling. 
Marina Wang January 24, 2020