Where Have All the Steller Sea Lions Gone?
Many nature lovers are familiar with California sea lions, especially if they live along or visit the U.S. West Coast. These animals have become familiar sights in beach towns and even cities: the...
View ArticleLek’s Watch Greater Sage Grouse
Join us to watch one of the greatest wildlife spectacles in North America – the greater sage grouse courtship display. Each spring at dawn a strange thing happens out in the sagebrush. Male greater...
View ArticleRivers, Dams, and Drive-By Truckers
When it comes to hydropower dams, the world is a pretty polarized place. Many non-governmental organizations — environmental groups and those that advocate for the rights of dam-affected people —...
View ArticleYou’re Invited to Do Science with The Crowd & The Cloud
“For years you’ve watched science programs on public television, now you’re invited to do science.” – Waleed Abdalati, host of The Crowd & The Cloud, former NASA Chief Scientist Nature needs you …...
View ArticleCamera Traps Chronicle Restoration Success at Davis Bend
Stories about fire and conservation can be enough to make your head spin. At times conservation professionals talk about devastating, catastrophic wildfires that are destroying vast swaths of forest...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy Being a Hatchling
Josie and Elbert have three hatchlings! The stars of the Nature Conservancy’s Osprey Cam in the Gulf of Mexico, are the parents of a full nest. The best time to see them is during a feeding, when you...
View ArticleBioacoustics Reveal How Biodiversity Changes Across Borneo’s Logged Forests
The chainsaw roars to life and the stench of gasoline fills the air. Steel meets hardwood, and dust pulses from the wound like arterial spray, raining down onto the clay soil as the blade cuts deeper...
View ArticleTurning the Tide on Plastic Litter
I can’t remember the last time I walked along the shore and didn’t see plastic debris. This debris has nasty implications for seabirds, fish, sea turtles, and poses a risk to human health. Plastic...
View ArticleVideo: A Sea Turtle’s View of the Reef
Have you ever wondered what it looks like from a sea turtle’s point of view? As part of a tagging project in the Arnavon Islands, Nature Conservancy scientists temporarily attached a camera to the back...
View ArticleThe Greatest Wolverine Video, Ever
A lucky wildlife enthusiast captured perhaps the most remarkable wolverine footage ever shown. Check out the video and our guide to wolverines.
View ArticleTraditional Knowledge Helps Monitor Threatened Bilbies on Martu Country
Scientists and indigenous rangers are designing a new method for monitoring threatened bilby populations in Australia's Martu country.
View ArticleRare Butterflies Return Home
This summer 200 federally threatened Dakota skippers emerged as butterflies and were reintroduced to a Minnesota prairie.
View ArticleRestoring Beavers by Plane and Automobile
Parachuting beavers? The remarkable story of restoring nature’s engineers.
View ArticleHurricane Sandy and the Flooding That Wasn’t
This is one of the most important stopover sites for migratory birds in the world, but no one in the group in front of me has binoculars or a scope. That's because they're here for the weirs, not the...
View ArticleThe Mountain Lion in the Window
The subject of the message was: OMG! Mountain Lion Kitten in Window Well!!!! And really, it just got more interesting from there.
View ArticleFall in Love with the American Kestrel on Our Nest Cam
Bird cams are a lot of fun, and kestrels in particular are fiercely cute and fascinating. A sneak peek into the lives of American kestrels.
View ArticleOsprey Cam’s Nest Is Occupied – By an Owl!
There’s a surprise guest star in this year’s Osprey Cam feature.
View ArticleCurlews for Conservation: Tracking a Migratory Grassland Bird
Long-billed curlews are kings of camouflage, but tracking them reveals their nesting and migratory habits.
View ArticleTracking the Three-Legged Snow Leopard
Nature Conservancy scientists are collaring snow leopards in western Mongolia to help limit livestock predation and protect these rare cats.
View ArticleCould Prairie Chickens Come Booming Back?
Prairie chickens were once so abundant in the Great Plains that they were hunted for the market and shipped by the trainload to New York City. Could prairie restoration bring them booming back?
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