EartherConservationEartherConservationWhale Sharks Keep Crashing Into ShipsCollisions with vessels happen a lot more often than previously thought, new research finds.ByAngely MercadoWednesday 4:43PMComments (14)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationThese Animals Are Thriving Under Climate ChangeFor some wildlife, a warming world means "hot girl summer" forever.ByLauren LefferWednesday 10:25AMComments (3)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationEmperor Penguins Could Be Extinct in Our LifetimesThe Antarctic sea ice the penguins need has been disappearing and off-schedule. Baby birds "drown and freeze" as a…ByLauren Leffer5/10/22 1:00PMComments (9)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationWith Only 10 Vaquita Porpoises Left, There's Still Hope for a ComebackGenetic bottlenecks aren't likely to harm these little porpoises, researchers say. Humans just need to stop killing…ByIsaac Schultz5/05/22 2:00PMComments (3)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationNative Peoples Harvested Huge Amounts of Seafood Without Harming EcosystemsArchaeological research highlights how Indigenous communities practiced sustainable fishery management over…ByAngely Mercado5/04/22 1:38PMComments (75)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationThe Next 'Great Dying' Is Coming for Your SeafoodResearchers warn of a mass extinction in the oceans if we continue on our current path.ByAngely Mercado4/28/22 2:00PMComments (3)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationOverly-Dramatic Air Monitor Uses an Animated Canary That Passes Out When Air Quality WorsensThe Canairi was inspired by the real-life canaries used by coal miners to detect toxic gases.ByAndrew Liszewski4/27/22 1:45PMComments (7)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationNew Biden Order to Find Old Trees Falls Short of Protecting ThemBiden is calling for a survey of America's old-growth forests, but the move doesn't actually defend them from…ByLauren Leffer4/22/22 4:13PMComments (2)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationVintage Earth Day TV Ads, RankedThere's nothing like a 1980s Earth Day commercial to make you realize how far we haven't come.ByAngely Mercado4/22/22 11:01AMComments (1)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservation7 Bonkers Corporate Earth Day CampaignsThe Koch Brothers love the Earth, everyone! Thank god.ByMolly Taft4/22/22 10:10AMComments (18)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationA 1,000-Year-Old Irrigation System in Spain Is Getting a New LifeResearchers are working to restore centuries-old canals so they can once again bring water to crops in the arid…ByAngely Mercado4/20/22 1:03PMComments (1)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationThe Country's Most Endangered River Is Hitting New LowsThe Colorado River is #1 of the nation's top 10 endangered rivers as climate change exacerbates its overburdening.ByAngely Mercado4/19/22 4:49PMComments (22)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationCaribbean Sea Urchins Are Mysteriously Dying in DrovesThe last time something like this happened, it was the 1980s.ByAngely Mercado4/18/22 1:20PMComments (4)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationPlant Literally Named Extinctus Is Back, BabyAn "extinct" plant was rediscovered in the remnants of Ecuador's cloud forests.ByEd Cara4/15/22 8:00AMComments (3)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationLook at This Stretch of Amazon Rainforest Cleared in a YearVast areas of rainforest are being lost each year, and new satellite images show how that looks in just one area of…ByAngely Mercado4/12/22 7:22PMComments (19)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationPolice Discover More Than 1,000 Stuffed Wild Animals in Giant Taxidermy BustOfficials in Spain say the collection includes protected species, at least one of which is already extinct.ByPassant Rabie4/11/22 1:34PMComments (10)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationThe Oldest Mummies in the World Are Rotting and Sprouting MoldClimate change is threatening the preservation of the mummies in Chile's Atacama Desert, which is supposed to be one…ByAngely Mercado3/31/22 12:22PMComments (8)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationInfectious Fungus Wreaks Havoc on Crazy Ants—and Scientists Are ThrilledSo devastating is this fungal pathogen to invasive crazy ants that it sometimes leads to the extinction of local…ByGeorge Dvorsky3/28/22 5:07PMComments (20)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationAustralia's Great Barrier Reef Is Suffering Yet Another Mass BleachingThis is the fourth major bleaching event in six years.ByAngely Mercado3/25/22 5:10PMSave
EartherConservationEartherConservationResearchers Could Lure Murder Hornets to Their Deaths With SexThe smell of hornet sex may be entomologists' best bet for culling these giant invaders.ByIsaac Schultz3/14/22 11:00AMComments (64)Save