Conservation

Primatologists found the disaster's effects lingered years after the smoke cleared from Borneo's forests.

Jo the deer offered researchers a look into migrations and how long it takes deer to visit a forest after a fire.

In Southern California, the popularity of white sage threatens its survival.

The Hoopa Valley Tribe’s wildlife division maintains some of the most detailed documentation of fishers in North America.

Lauded for her research on gentle giants of the sea, Andrea Marshall is using her fame to find hope for our troubled oceans.

Biruté Mary Galdikas has quietly fought on the frontlines of some of conservation’s biggest battles. 

To save her native Maya bees and their shrinking forests, Leydy Pech waged a fierce campaign on multiple fronts.

Biologist Serra Hoagland bridges Indigenous traditions and modern methods.

Georgina Mace helped change the way both scientists and policymakers see living things, including the most vulnerable.

As birds go, these Australian animals are unusual in many ways, including how they divvy up parenting duties.

Tragedy set Sicelo Mbatha on a course to understand, and make peace with, the wild on its own terms.

The lanky, wily pack hunters fare better than lions in habitats increasingly fragmented by human activity.

Local vets collaborated with an international team to figure out why the animal was dazed and wandering near the capital city.

Conservationists hope to protect the Mexican long-nosed bat by working with ranchers and other locals to preserve the plant it needs.

For the first time, scientists were able to save a young whale stranded in Cook Inlet. What should happen next?