conservation

Rhinoceros on field with gentle sunlight behind him

Can a controversial in-vitro fertilization process save the northern white rhino?

The process is estimated to cost $9 millions and some have questioned the practicality of pouring such heavy financial resources into saving a species that is already at the brink of extinction, rather than using the money to protect existing healthy rhino populations:

Can a controversial in-vitro fertilization process save the northern white rhino?
Tropical forest Indonesia

Tropical forests are becoming net carbon producers, instead of carbon sinks

Tropical forests are becoming net carbon producers, instead of carbon sinks
Horned viper

Online location data on endangered species might be putting them in harm’s way

Online location data on endangered species might be putting them in harm’s way
Black-footed ferrets.

The black-footed ferret is making a comeback in the Great Plains

The black-footed ferret is making a comeback in the Great Plains
Elephant walk during sunset in Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Elephants learn to hide by day, forage at night, to evade poachers

Elephants learn to hide by day, forage at night, to evade poachers
Jersey cows.

Some farmers are rotating livestock, not just crops, to protect the land

“I believe it is more regenerative for the land and I think it benefits rural economies,” one farmer says.

Some farmers are rotating livestock, not just crops, to protect the land
Bison in Poland forest

In Poland, a primeval forest is threatened by commercial logging

The Białowieża Forest in Poland and Belarus contains some of the last remaining old-growth forests in Europe. Protections are strong in Belarus, but some areas in Poland are managed as commercial forest and the Polish government has now authorized a threefold increase in logging.

In Poland, a primeval forest is threatened by commercial logging
A close-up view of an eye of the Northern White Rhino named Sudan.

The world's most eligible bachelor likes to eat grass and chill in the mud

He's "6 ft tall and 5,000 pounds if it matters."

The world's most eligible bachelor likes to eat grass and chill in the mud
The Nature Conservancy hopes to plant perhaps 100,000 native agave and pine trees in the forests around Monterrey, Mexico’s third-largest metro area.

Coke and Pepsi, gardening together in Mexican mountains to preserve urban water

“If we’re not taking care of those aquifers, we will not have access to the resource. We cannot do anything if we do not have the basic input, the water.”

Coke and Pepsi, gardening together in Mexican mountains to preserve urban water
Eating a mussel

To understand climate change, look at it from a mussel's perspective

They can't move or control their body temperature. And understanding that is key to understanding a changing world.

To understand climate change, look at it from a mussel's perspective
The vaquita marina is a critically endangered porpoise species that lives only in the northern part of the Gulf of California. Scientists believe the population may be down to just 30 animals.

Adios, vaquita marina? Mexico's 'little sea cow' is being pushed to the edge of extinction.

The world's smallest porpoise species has been brought to the edge of extinction by illegal fishing in Mexico. And it's not even the porpoise itself that fishermen are after.

Adios, vaquita marina? Mexico's 'little sea cow' is being pushed to the edge of extinction.
No-till farming.

Another way to grow crops — by laying down the plow

No-till farming is being championed by farmers and environmentalists alike. Here's why.

Another way to grow crops — by laying down the plow
Rancher Bill Johnson and wildlife researcher Carol Bogezi on Johnson's ranch in Washington's Teanaway Valley. Bogezi has been working with Johnson and other ranchers in eastern Washington to try to find a way to help them live more amicably with wolves.

How Washington ranchers are learning to cope with wolves, with lessons from Uganda

Would you buy wolf-friendly meat? That's one idea Carol Bogezi has to help cattle ranchers in Washington state learn to live with wolves.

How Washington ranchers are learning to cope with wolves, with lessons from Uganda
a lionfish

Conservationists want you to eat more lionfish. Wait, what?

Lionfish is a delicacy that’s catching on in restaurants. But in this case, conservationists are begging you to eat your fill.

Conservationists want you to eat more lionfish. Wait, what?
Tiger in China

China is looking to the US as it builds its first national park system

A hundred years after the US started its National Park Service, China starts building its own nationwide network of conserved places.

China is looking to the US as it builds its first national park system