conservation

Following age-related complications, Sudan—the last male northern white rhinoceros alive—was euthanized by a team of vets in Kenya in March 2018. But his genetic material could still be used to help save the species.

In the decades since the first movie came out, the demand for black-market owls in Indonesia has multiplied.

Zoologist Sam Trull trains orphaned sloths in Costa Rica how to be wild.

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Experts say collisions with windows are a “preventable problem.”

Government agencies and the Yurok tribe are teaming up to try to restore the endangered bird to its historic habitat.

Crochet Coral Reef project by Margaret and Christine Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring, 2005-ongoing. Photo © Institute For Figuring

Sisters Margaret and Christine Wertheim started the Crochet Coral Reef project in 2005 when they learned pollution and global warming may soon completely destroy the Great Barrier Reef in their home country of Australia.

The company made five times more than was expected.

Countless scientists, naturalists, conservationists, and support staff have died in the pursuit of knowledge that could protect vulnerable places and species, and enable people to live safer, healthier lives.

It may dull autumn’s vibrant red and yellow hues.

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International protections on the so-called "Serengeti of Antarctica" will hold for 35 years.

The unusual creature is the most-trafficked animal on Earth.

In the past 500 years, cats have played a role in the demise of 63 species.

A star of our story and video about zoologist Sam Trull's work with sloths, Monster was recently killed by an ocelot.

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Taber MacCallum and Jane Poynter witnessed the most affecting solar eclipse of their lives in 1992. That's because as they watched the Sun disappear behind the Moon’s shadow, they were also watching their oxygen supplies slipping away.