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Cardboard Habitat Pods Give a Fighting Chance to Animals Displaced by Wildfires
New habitat pods developed by an Australian University scientist might be the salvation of small animals trying to survive after wildfires sweep through.
Macquarie University’s...
Virgin Births Have Been Documented in Rare Bird Population – The Endangered California Condor
The temptation to quote Jurassic Park must have been irresistible for conservation scientists at a San Diego Zoo breeding program for critically-endangered California condors,...
They Brought Scouting to 10,000 Afghan Kids – And Just Got Permission to Continue By the Taliban
In times of war and crisis, it's important to remember that for every story of loss and tragedy, there is a story of courage...
Firefighters Have Been Winning the Battle To Protect Sequoia’s Giant Trees – Using Foil Blankets (LOOK)
Expert firefighting, contingency planning, and gallons upon gallons of water mean that the stands of giant sequoia trees in California's Sierra Nevada mountains appear...
A Fisherman’s Underwater Sculptures Have Stopped Illegal Trawling – Bringing Art and Biodiversity Back to Italian Bay
When Paolo Fanciulli dropped 39 large marble sculptures down to the bottom of the sea off Tuscany's Maremma Regional Park, it was not his...
Florida Just Enacted a Sweeping Law to Protect Its Vast Wildlife Corridors – And Save Panthers
From Everglades to Okefenokee, Florida legislatures just created one of the biggest wildlife corridors in the developed world with a $400 million funding seed.
The...
Simple Blood Test That Can Detect 50 Types of Cancer is Now Accurate Enough to Be Rolled Out
Whereas a cancer screening requires making an individual appointment with a physician, this simple blood test can screen for 50 separate cancers and detect...
Researchers Have Found That Listening to Natural Sounds Like Running Water Benefits Human Health
Beyond the visual beauty of their protected landscapes, U.S. National Parks also contain natural soundscapes that have the potential to create desirable health outcomes...
A Never-Before-Documented Flower Blooms on One of World’s Rarest Trees – A Hopeful Sign For a Comeback
In a greenhouse in Missouri, a tree listed as critically endangered produced a flower which had never been recorded before by science in the...
Uganda Joins African Nations Using Drones to Deliver Life Saving Medical Supplies to More Than 22 Million People
On the 84 remote islands that make up Uganda's Kalangala District on the surface of Lake Victoria, medical experts are tackling one of Africa's...
Check Out This Interactive Map Showing All the Conservation Land Near You in the U.S.
The United States has been at the forefront of land conservation for generations. Now an interactive map has compiled data on all conserved American...
Amid the Green Funeral Movement, Scattering Ashes Ensures These Forests Remain Pristine Forever
Across America, small parcels of forested land are being bought from private owners by a conservation group called Better Place Forests.
With the intention of...
Stray Dog Kept Sneaking Into Dollar Store For a Stuffed Unicorn – Now He and the Toy Have a New Forever Home
Shoplifting and petty theft are no laughing matter—except when the culprit is a cute canine kleptomaniac determined to liberate a certain stuffed purple unicorn...
12 Countries Have Built Roads Out of Plastic – And They Can Perform As Well or Better Than Asphalt
This article first appeared in Yale Environment 360 and is re-printed with permission.
A road running through Accra, Ghana’s capital, looks like any other blacktop....
Zero Rhinos Poached in Kenya Last Year – Better Policing is One of the Keys
2020 was remarkable year for rhino protection in Kenya where not one single rhino lost its horn or lost its life last year—a feat...
Loyal Dog Follows Ambulance and Waits Nearly a Week to be Reunited With Her Human at the Hospital
"Dogged" is a word that means stubbornly tenacious, and when it comes to devotion, there’s no dog more dogged than a fluffy white pooch...
Ex-wife of Amazon CEO has Given Away $4 Billion in Last 4 Months to Help Those Affected by the Pandemic
MacKenzie Scott, who was married to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for 25 years, has donated more than $4 billion in the past four months to hundreds...
After One of the Country’s Worst Wildfires WWF Australia is Preparing for a Year of Renewal
2020 was a sad summer to look back on for conservationists in Australia—it was one of the worst seasons for bushfires in history destroyed millions...
In Remote Areas With No Internet, High-Speed Connections Come from Safe Beams of Light
A tech project has developed a way of bringing fiber optic-speed internet to the most remote and mountainous parts of India and Kenya.
Their plan...
Tweet Your Thanks to a Veteran Today and $25 Goes to Paying Off Their Mortgage – And They’re Being Surprised LIVE
Together, we can pay off the debt of those we're forever indebted to.
Today is Veterans Day, and on November 11, every time a person...