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Meet the Passionate Advocates Trying to Save Western Monarch Butterflies

Western monarchs face myriad threats. A network of advocates is doing everything they can to mitigate the dangers and unravel mysteries about monarch movements and behavior.

March 3, 2025

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Juliet Grable

Western monarchs face myriad threats. A network of advocates is doing everything they can to mitigate the dangers and unravel mysteries about monarch movements and behavior.

Reviews

Comics for Earth: Eight New Graphic Novels About Saving the Planet and Celebrating Wildlife

These new comics collections use satire, poetry, and science to shine a light on human failures — and who and what we need to save.

February 28, 2025

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John R. Platt

These new comics collections use satire, poetry, and science to shine a light on human failures — and who and what we need to save.

Investigations

Cash for Corals: Exploiting Ecosystems on Their Way to Extinction

Experts say the growing commercial trade in wild, threatened species like corals is unacceptable and irresponsible.

February 25, 2025

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Tracy Keeling

Experts say the growing commercial trade in wild, threatened species like corals is unacceptable and irresponsible.

Extinction Countdown

The Curlew, the Cactus, and the Obliterated Whitefish: The Species We Lost in 2024

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.

February 11, 2025

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John R. Platt

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.

Extinction Countdown

By Shutting Down USAID, Trump and Musk Will Worsen the Climate and Extinction Crises

The agency supports critical efforts to reduce wildlife trafficking, deforestation, land violence, and other threats around the world.

February 4, 2025

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John R. Platt

The agency supports critical efforts to reduce wildlife trafficking, deforestation, land violence, and other threats around the world.

Extinction Countdown

This Month in Conservation Science: The Dead Whale and the Pediatricians

Other new research this month looked at snow leopards, wolves, wildlife crossings, newly discovered species, and … scorpion copulation?

January 29, 2025

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John R. Platt

Other new research this month looked at snow leopards, wolves, wildlife crossings, newly discovered species, and … scorpion copulation?

Wildlife

Saguaro Struggles: A Desert Icon Feels the Heat

Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran saguaros.

January 27, 2025

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Karen Mockler

Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran saguaros.

Reviews

19 Books About Wolves

These howling good books examine how we’ve persecuted wolves, how we’ve helped to restore them, and how they embody humanity’s relationship with nature.

January 23, 2025

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John R. Platt and Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.

These howling good books examine how we’ve persecuted wolves, how we’ve helped to restore them, and how they embody humanity’s relationship with nature.

A seal stares straight into the camera on a sandy beach

Wildlife

Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals

The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.

January 21, 2025

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Dr. David Shiffman

The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.

An extreme closeup of a gold, red and gray tick against a black background

Voices

Saving the Ryukyu Rabbit Tick: The Posterchild of Parasite Conservation

This endangered invertebrate is harmless to humans — and rabbits. Saving it from extinction might even benefit both species.

January 15, 2025

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Mackenzie L. Kwak

This endangered invertebrate is harmless to humans — and rabbits. Saving it from extinction might even benefit both species.