Ecosystems

Biologist Serra Hoagland bridges Indigenous traditions and modern methods.

Isabella Abbott, the first native Hawaiian woman to earn a doctorate in science, rewrote the book on her beloved limu.

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

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

The animal known as BBYY traveled hundreds of miles, breaking records and shattering expectations.

Photographer Sarang Naik is reintroducing his hometown to its rich biodiversity, from glowing corals to dazzling sea slugs.

Looking back on 2021's stories about amazing animals and the people helping to protect them.

Conservationists are teaming up with fossil experts to help the bivalves—and the state's oyster economy—survive.

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There are far fewer northern bettongs than previously thought, but work is underway to save the species.

Tucked away behind a coastal boutique and at the end of a long, winding tunnel is a natural sea cave.

For one biologist studying the rock frogs' behavior, safeguarding their habitat is personal.

Scientists say the animals have a distinct culture and vocal dialect, and specialize in taking down large prey.

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Believers say the otherworldly protectors of Cerro de la Muerte's cloud forests face an uncertain future.

Fragments of fossilized tree resin suggest the iconic dinosaur ruled an ecosystem similar to the Everglades.