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Save This Species: Bull Kelp

Warming oceans and changing marine ecosystems threaten this spectacular, canopy-forming kelp that creates underwater habitats and food sources for many other organisms.
April 10, 2026
by
Josie Iselin
Warming oceans and changing marine ecosystems threaten this spectacular, canopy-forming kelp that creates underwater habitats and food sources for many other organisms.
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Save This Species: Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Although this species has been around for 100 million years, 90% of its population has vanished in just the past two centuries.
March 27, 2026
by
Alice Henderson
Although this species has been around for 100 million years, 90% of its population has vanished in just the past two centuries.
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Save This Species: Bornean Orangutan

Humans are to blame for the decline of these amazing apes — but people are also responsible for saving orphaned orangutans and helping them learn how to survive in the wild.
December 3, 2025
by
Emma Lokuciejewski
Humans are to blame for the decline of these amazing apes — but people are also responsible for saving orphaned orangutans and helping them learn how to survive in the wild.
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Save This Species: The ‘Little Three-Horned Devil,’ One of Puerto Rico’s Rarest Plants

As the island faces continuous urbanization, this rare shrub has gone unnoticed and ignored for decades, shrinking into near-forgotten obscurity.
October 30, 2025
by
Marina De León
As the island faces continuous urbanization, this rare shrub has gone unnoticed and ignored for decades, shrinking into near-forgotten obscurity.
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Save This Species: Chimpanzees

Our closest known relatives are on the brink of extinction. Can we save them in time?
October 1, 2025
by
Larissa Wiencek
Our closest known relatives are on the brink of extinction. Can we save them in time?
A scaly pangolin walks on the ground
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Save This Species: Temminck’s Pangolin

In Zimbabwe, traditional conservation methods offer new hope for this heavily trafficked, reclusive, and shy animal.
September 12, 2025
by
Andrew Mambondiyani
In Zimbabwe, traditional conservation methods offer new hope for this heavily trafficked, reclusive, and shy animal.
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Save This Species: Owston’s Civet

One of the world’s rarest civets is threatened by the world’s most expensive coffee.
June 30, 2025
by
Jes Hooper, Ph.D.
One of the world’s rarest civets is threatened by the world’s most expensive coffee.
A woman looks into a glass tank holding several small, brightly colored fish
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Save This Species: The Bettas of Bangka Island

You might not think to look for fish in a forest, but look fast: These amazing fish depend on a disappearing swamp forest on an island in Indonesia.
May 7, 2025
by
Josie South, Ph.D.
You might not think to look for fish in a forest, but look fast: These amazing fish depend on a disappearing swamp forest on an island in Indonesia.
A night-time photo of a pangolin on a tree branch
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Save This Species: Sunda Pangolin

Demand for their scales (and their habitats) has pushed these anteaters to the brink. But why aren’t more conservationists working to protect them in the wild?
April 11, 2025
by
Joe Figel
Demand for their scales (and their habitats) has pushed these anteaters to the brink. But why aren’t more conservationists working to protect them in the wild?
Columns

Save This Species: Sumatran Orangutans

The “people of the forest” won’t live in the wild much longer if we keep chopping down their rainforest homes.
March 24, 2025
by
John R. Platt
The “people of the forest” won’t live in the wild much longer if we keep chopping down their rainforest homes.

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