Conservation

The salt and chemicals in the brine left over from desalination can threaten local marine ecosystems

Tigers, leopards, elephants and more wreak havoc on farms and villages in India, but a compensation program can ease the sting—and conserve the animals

As anthropologists debate how best to protect uncontacted tribes, indigenous groups in Colombia are working to shield their isolated neighbors from the march of modernity

In Kenya, wild animals and livestock can coexist and even benefit each other 

Animals of both species can be assessed using many of the “big five” factors used to describe humans

Insects like the cold-hardy emerald ash borer could see mass die-offs, but survivors could have hardier offspring

A few brief reports about international science and technology from Papua New Guinea to Kazakhstan, including one on the slow slide of Mount Etna in Italy.

Cod egg survival stays high with limited warming, but plummets when the temperature rises a few degrees Celsius in their current spawning grounds.

By coupling audio recordings with satellite data and camera traps, ecologists can keep their eyes—and ears—on protected tropical forests. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Researchers are trying to shift Mexico’s oyamel firs to higher elevations to help them weather warming temperatures

The death of a snail named George on New Year’s Day marked the extinction of his species. Saving the rest of Hawaii’s unique snails is a race against time—but not one without hope.

We harm and kill vastly more of them than they do of us—but a research/educational project in the Bahamas aims to help change that