Conservation
Covers efforts to protect endangered species, preserve biodiversity, and restore ecosystems, highlighting conservation programs, strategies, and successes.
Critically endangered hare spotted in surprising location for the first time in 40 years — but it was already dead
Scientists in China have announced the first confirmed sighting of the critically endangered Hainan hare in part of its native range in four decades, after spotting its completely flattened carcass on a roadside.
Decline in migratory fish populations prompts fight for protection
The UN assessment of the state of migratory freshwater fish revealed an 81% decline in the last 50 years.
Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species
The population of monarch butterflies in Mexico increased 64% this winter, compared with the same period in 2025, offering a glimmer of hope for an insect considered at risk of extinction.
How a deadly fungus could decimate North America’s salamanders
An insidious disease has eliminated dozens of the world’s frog species. Scientists fear a similar plague could be coming for North America’s salamanders.
Stop mowing the lawn – and five more ways to save Britain’s ‘charming’ and ‘polite’ gatekeeper butterflies
You’ve almost certainly seen gatekeeper butterflies, even if you don’t know them by name. The gatekeeper is, says naturalist and butterfly enthusiast Matthew Oates , “a charming butterfly; a charming meditation of soft oranges and browns”.
Wild monkeys invaded Florida. Should people protect them?
A colony of African vervets in Dania Beach raises big questions about how humans can and should manage nonnative species.
‘We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things’: conservation plots a future without American money
The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats and the people who defend both. Now the world is seeking a new way forward.
Species slowdown: Is nature’s ability to self-repair stalling?
When scientists recently analyzed hundreds of studies of ecosystems, they were surprised to see a marked slowing in the rate of species turnover.
Critically endangered hare spotted in surprising location for the first time in 40 years — but it was already dead
Scientists in China have announced the first confirmed sighting of the critically endangered Hainan hare in part of its native range in four decades, after spotting its completely flattened carcass on a roadside.
Decline in migratory fish populations prompts fight for protection
The UN assessment of the state of migratory freshwater fish revealed an 81% decline in the last 50 years.
Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species
The population of monarch butterflies in Mexico increased 64% this winter, compared with the same period in 2025, offering a glimmer of hope for an insect considered at risk of extinction.
How a deadly fungus could decimate North America’s salamanders
An insidious disease has eliminated dozens of the world’s frog species. Scientists fear a similar plague could be coming for North America’s salamanders.
Stop mowing the lawn – and five more ways to save Britain’s ‘charming’ and ‘polite’ gatekeeper butterflies
You’ve almost certainly seen gatekeeper butterflies, even if you don’t know them by name. The gatekeeper is, says naturalist and butterfly enthusiast Matthew Oates , “a charming butterfly; a charming meditation of soft oranges and browns”.
Wild monkeys invaded Florida. Should people protect them?
A colony of African vervets in Dania Beach raises big questions about how humans can and should manage nonnative species.
‘We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things’: conservation plots a future without American money
The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats and the people who defend both. Now the world is seeking a new way forward.
Species slowdown: Is nature’s ability to self-repair stalling?
When scientists recently analyzed hundreds of studies of ecosystems, they were surprised to see a marked slowing in the rate of species turnover.
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