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Platypuses face an uncertain future.
fires

Australia’s Platypuses Are Invisible Victims of the Bushfires

After years of drought and habitat loss, “It’s one more nail in their coffin.”
Sabrina Imbler January 24, 2020
A Nassau grouper off the coast of Cuba.
islands

In Little Cayman, Things Are Looking Up for the Enormous, Friendly Nassau Grouper

Signs of recovery for the so-called "puppies of the sea."
Sabrina Imbler January 10, 2020
In gallery forests, sohisika may attain a height of around 60 feet and a diameter of about three feet.
forests

How Four Madagascar Villages Battled a Blaze to Save Their Trees

Two hundred men and women fought to protect the last wild sohisika trees.
Erik Vance January 1, 2020
A mated pair of seahorses researchers have named Dusk and Dawn.
hotels

A Chain of Seahorse Hotels Is Coming Soon to Sydney Harbour

"If you build it, they will come."
Sabrina Imbler December 13, 2019
To unroll a millennia-old scroll, be careful how you breathe.
buddhism

How the Library of Congress Unrolled a 2,000-Year-Old Buddhist Scroll

“It was the most fragile object we have ever encountered.”
Sabrina Imbler December 12, 2019
Architect Sakher Oulabi (left) and engineer Tamim Kasmo in the courtyard of Aleppo's Great Mosque.
architecture

Syrians Won't Give Up on the Great Mosque of Aleppo

In 2013, the mosque's minaret shattered into 2,000 pieces. A restoration team aims to put them back together.
Chris Ray December 10, 2019
alcohol

A South African Couple Has Turned Elephant Dung Into Award-Winning Gin

Bottoms up!
Luke Fater November 21, 2019
Lamont, Florida

North Florida Wildlife Center

View rare birds and interact with lemurs at this nonprofit run entirely by volunteers.
Denise's pygmy seahorse, perched in a gorgonian.
coral reefs

Taiwan’s Pygmy Seahorses Have a Robust Social Media Presence

Scientists used it to conduct a survey of them in the country's dive hotspots.
Sabrina Imbler November 14, 2019
For the first time since the days of Darwin, these iguanas are living on Santiago Island.
islands

The Whack-a-Mole Survival of Galapagos Land Iguanas

Moving them from island to island is one way to conserve them.
Isaac Schultz November 7, 2019
Bee hotels are like birdhouses for bees: Wild bees don’t don’t live in hives, so they’re always in need of a suitable habitat.
insects

These Girl Scouts Save Wild Bees, One Homemade 'Hotel' at a Time

They repurposed cardboard boxes, old paper straws, and toilet paper rolls to create homes for local bees.
Rachel Ramirez November 6, 2019
The annual event is called Kwita Izina—“give a name” in Kinyarwanda, the country’s indigenous language.
names

How to Name a Mountain Gorilla in Rwanda

Start with an ancestral ceremony for human babies. Then add 30,000 people who want to save the endangered, majestic primates.
Chloe Berge October 18, 2019
The Cenntennial Walk - a boradwalk that overloks Pelican Island. Each new NWR get's its name inscribed in a chronological boardwalk.
Vero Beach, Florida

Pelican Island

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.
Paul Kroegel statue.
Sebastian, Florida

Paul Kroegel Statue

A memorial to the United States's first wildlife refuge warden.
The San San River.
computers

Biologists in Panama Eavesdrop on Manatees for Their Own Good

In the murky waters of Bocas del Toro, you can't see the manatees, but you can hear them.
Sabrina Imbler October 9, 2019
Sunder Burj historic complex.
New Delhi, India

Sunderwala Burj

This beautiful 16th-century necropolis marks an astonishing feat in heritage conservation.
"The Men of Ness," after a completed hunt in 1972.
islands

The Gaelic World’s Last Great Bird Hunt

Just 10 men are permitted to hunt and pickle 2,000 young seabirds on a desolate island each year.
Luke Fater September 27, 2019
The tiny floof known as the Cuban greater funnel-eared bat.
animals

To Save a Rare Cuban Bat, Biologists Conducted a Census by Pedicure

Studying the highly endangered species requires a little colorful creativity.
Sabrina Imbler September 24, 2019