Environment
Bangladesh Has 75 Percent Fewer Tigers Than Expected
A new census estimates the country has just 106 tigers, but there’s some good news hidden in the low number
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Environment
No Motherhood Yet for 100-Year-Old Turtle
Attempts to artificially inseminate the last female Yangtze giant softshell turtle have failed—but researchers have learned enough to try again
Environment
How to Build a Better Ocean Sensor Far from the Sea
Montana–based Sunburst Sensors will help scientists monitor rise in ocean acidity more widely and precisely
Environment
World's Biggest Bumblebee at Risk of Extinction
South America’s “flying mouse” has been nearly wiped out by an imported pathogen
Environment
3 Angel Shark Species Proposed for Protection
Commercial fishing has nearly wiped out many of these interesting shark species
Environment
Dust in the Wind: How Data Visualization Can Help the Environment
The nascent field of sensor journalism helps citizen scientists and journalists fill in the data gaps in environmental monitoring networks
Conservationists Decry U.S. Move to Not Penalize Hunter Who Killed Famed Wolf
The Utah hunter mistakenly shot and killed a gray wolf that had gained an international following for being the first of its kind seen at the Grand Canyon in 70 years
Shark Bites Are Up, but Attack Risk Is Down?
California coast visitors are now 91 percent less likely to be bitten by a great white than they were in 1950, in part because beach populations of humans have risen dramatically
Environment
Endangered Antelope with Fur More Valuable Than Gold on Its Way to Recovery
Poachers nearly wiped this species out for its valuable fur, used to make luxurious shawls called shahtoosh
How Are Polar Bears Faring?
Polar bear populations in the Arctic are still struggling despite being listed as endangered species by the U.S. in 2008
Environment
Carpe Eat'um: Invasive Asian Carp Leap into Restaurants, Grocery Stores
Benefit concert features pro chef’s carp cuisine creations
Evolution
Wolves and Monkeys: Unusual Hunting Buddies
In Ethiopia, rare wolves and primates have developed a great way to co-exist
Robocabs Might Make Big Cut in Pollution
Driverless electric taxis would cut emissions per mile by as much as 94 percent
Environment
Call of the Orangutan: The Ups and Downs of Research in Indonesia
Despite the work of conservationists, poaching and habitat destruction are still major problems in North Sumatra
Environment
Africa's Congo Could Lose Vast Forests
The Democratic Republic of the Congo needs aggressive protections against foreign investors who want to turn the second-largest forest stock on Earth into farmland
Lion Facial Recognition Debuts in Africa
The technology helps conservationists keep track of the big cats’ whereabouts
Environment
California's 50,000 Pot Farms Are Sucking Rivers Dry
Each plant takes five gallons of water a day from legal and illegal water diversions
Environment
Water Use Rises as Fracking Expands
And certain wells use far more water than others, a possible threat in dry regions
Environment
The Richest Reef: Time to Call It a Day
Of the course of nearly 1,200 scientific dives conducted on an expedition to the Philippines' Verde Island Passage, a team from the California Academy of Sciences discovered approximately 100 new species...
Environment
The Richest Reef: To Collect or Not to Collect?
Scientific divers aren’t looking to simply fill their collecting bags—they’re seeking scientific value, data that furthers their understanding of a place or process.
