Conservation

The Victorian grasslands earless dragon hasn’t been observed for 50 years, but conservationists haven’t given up hope yet

People appear to consume between 74,000 and 121,000 microplastic particles annually, and that's probably a gross underestimate.

At the third Scientific American “Science on the Hill” event, “Solving the Plastic Waste Problem”, one of the issues discussed by experts on Capitol Hill was biodegradability.   

Turtles’ famed longevity can mask their decline—until it is too late

Avoid wondering where all of those summer hours went when school starts back up again

What if great white sharks threaten sea otters? Dilemmas are on the rise in an increasingly disrupted environment

Rising ocean temperatures and melting ice are disrupting the birds’ food sources

For some species it’s a threat, but for others it’s essential

A major U.N.-backed report says that nature on indigenous peoples’ lands is degrading less quickly than in other areas

A new UN report finds that at least 1 million species are at risk of extinction. Will this finally be enough to motivate worldwide action?

If we want to eat sustainably, aquaculture has to be part of the conversation

Proposed legislation focuses mostly on threats to honeybees and their wild cousins