Archives: Highlights
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Foxes & Sea Turtles
The sex of baby sea turtles is determined by the warmth of their nest, so conservationists in Australia are protecting hatchlings on the mainland (where dark sand means warm temps and more females) from threats—and help ensure more future mammas make it to the sea.
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Searching for Koalas
Dogs in Australia are sniffing out koala dung to help cities like Brisbane know where to put highway overpasses and reconnect isolated populations of the adorable marsupials.
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Nuns & Achoques
Biologists in Mexico are learning how to save endangered salamanders by partnering with unusual allies: a group of nuns.
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Love for Axolotls
Axolotls can regenerate entire limbs, eyes and even their brains—and make a great “second date love” for one scientist.
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Meet Marcos Bera Chova
A man in Mozambique helps local farmers grow native trees to provide shade to the coffee crops they depend on—and restore a rainforest for people and wildlife alike.
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Dangers to Coffee Farmers
A group of women in Mozambique risked their lives to save thousands of coffee plants they knew would bring a better life for their families—and help restore a watershed that people and wildlife depend on.
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The Salmon “Nutrient Express”
Removing dams from the Elwha River allows salmon to return upstream—and bring precious nutrients from the sea that eventually spread throughout the forest.
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The Elwha Klallam Tribe
For decades, the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe fought to remove unwelcome dams on their river—and finally won.
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Protecting the Rights of Nature
The Reserva Land Trust has rallied together young people from across 25 countries to create the world’s first youth-funded nature reserve in Ecuador.
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A Bioblitz in Ecuador
Young volunteers from the Reserva Youth Land Trust are exploring the jungles of Ecuador to survey, photograph, and identify species—and to help protect their right to exist.
