Release of Reared Rare Cambodian Turtles Holds Promise for Restoration
A rare bit of good news for turtles as 21 reared terrapins are returned to native waters in Cambodia.
View ArticleBlack Markets in China Still Driving World’s Tiniest Porpoise to Extinction
Chinese demand for swim bladders from a rare Mexican fish is still propelling the world's smallest cetacean toward extinction.
View ArticleLocal Nets, Not Faraway Markets, Key to New Zealand’s Dolphin Decline
While Mexico's porpoise problem is driven by Asian seafood smuggling, the threat to New Zealand's dolphins is local.
View ArticleHow to Manage Fire to Cut Pollution and Slow Climate Change
A former American wildland firefighter presses the case for international cooperation on fire management as a way to limit climate change.
View ArticleRio Still Racing to Avoid Having Olympic Sailors Exposed to Sewage
Brazil is still racing to clean up Rio's polluted bay before Olympic sailors ply its waters.
View ArticleA Haunting Film Explores the Perilous Interface Between Tigers and People in...
In the Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh, where tigers threaten people and vice versa, a film charts the uncertain journey of a passionate conservationist.
View ArticleAs W.H.O. Declares Zika a Global Health Emergency, a Look at the World’s...
Areas stricken in Zika virus outbreak were once free of the mosquito that carries this and other dangerous diseases.
View ArticleHumanity’s Future – Fragile or Hyperconnected, or Both?
How changing flows of money, information and trade are rendering old notions of borders and geopolitics obsolete.
View ArticleAfter Cuba’s Dose of Obama and the Stones, Can Evolution Follow Revolution?
A film explores the hopes and anxieties of Cubans at a promising, but still uncertain, crossroads.
View ArticleFrom Brexit to Climate, Little Engagement From Young People
Britain's "Brexit" vote was likely tipped by disengagement among young voters for whom the consequences matter most. Climate disengagement exists, as well.
View ArticleNew U.S.-Mexico Vaquita Protections Useless Unless China Curbs Totoaba Demand
Now that Mexico and the United States have bolstered protections for the vanishing vaquita porpoise, it's time for China to do its part.
View ArticleSeeking Climate Change Clues in Old Pollen and Mammoth Dung
A talented young scientist explains how old mammoth dung and pollen grains help climate scientists.
View ArticleObama’s Expansion of a Vast Pacific Reserve, Built on a Bush Foundation
President Obama's expansion of a vast marine monument near Hawaii builds on Bush-era moves spurred by passionate ocean communicators.
View ArticleHow Digital Tracking of Rogue Fishing Can Safeguard Vast Ocean Reserves
It's one thing to expand marine reserves and another to protect them. Now an online tool for tracking global fishing fleets is on the case.
View ArticleArctic Climate Change Revealed in a Luxury Cruise and Haunting Wreck
The transformation of the Arctic is revealed in the discovery of a long-lost ship, a cruise liner's Arctic passage and a probe of ancient records.
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