Migration Data Helps Protect Leatherbacks Across Oceans
On a warm, humid December night, a female leatherback hauls herself from the waves. She labors up the beach, one heave at a time, to lay her eggs within the…
Wildlife Science
Animals That Turn White in Winter Face a Climate Challenge
About 20,000 years ago, somewhere along the crease where the Cascade Mountains drop into the plains, black-tailed jackrabbits and snowshoe hares mated. But as snowshoe hares, with their unique ability…
Tracking Down the American Woodcock
Nearly all migratory birds migrate first, then nest once they arrive where they’re going. To do otherwise would be counter-intuitive, a process requiring a tremendous amount of energy all at…
Are There Mountain Lions in New Jersey?
I raised my binoculars, expecting to get a view of a mule deer. I often spotted them in this little valley, and when I saw the tan form, I knew…
Do Enticing Mites Help Florida Scrub Lizards Attract a Mate?
Set out on a hike at Florida’s Tiger Creek Preserve, and it won’t be long before you see a small brown lizard scuttle through the undergrowth. And while some of…
To Save Pacific Turtles, Give attention to Small-Scale Fisheries
Longline fisheries are a well-recognized risk to sea turtles. However a brand new research finds that native, small-scale fisheries trigger considerably larger mortality, harvesting as much as 97% of the…
the Lengthy-Nosed Chilean Shrew Opossum
Digicam traps in Chile’s Valdivian Coastal Reserve and adjoining Alerce Costero Nationwide Park just lately documented a big enhance in websites the place the long-nosed Chilean shrew opossum—a marsupial largely…
Meet the Mysterious Long-Nosed Chilean Shrew Opossum
Yes, you read that right. In the forests of Chile’s Valdivian Coastal Reserve, there is a small mammal known, in English, as the “long-nosed Chilean shrew opossum.” In Spanish, it’s…
Bringing Beavers Back to Britain
This story is part of a series designed to introduce the perspectives of alumni from the The Nature Conservancy and National Geographic Society’s global youth externship program. Each guest author…
TNC Scientist Honored with Naming of New Skink Species
It’s not every day that a young female scientist is honored alongside David Attenborough and E. O. Wilson. But that’s exactly what happened to TNC scientist Suzana Bandeira, who earlier…