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conservation
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We used AI and satellite imagery to map ocean activities that take place out of sight, including fishing, shipping and energy development
Many commercial fishing boats do not report their positions at sea or are not required to do so.…
January 24, 2024
After an 80-year absence, gray wolves have returned to Colorado − here’s how the reintroduction of this apex predator will affect prey and plants
A wild gray wolf at Yellowstone National Park near Mammoth Hot Springs, Montana. John Morrison/iStock via Getty Images…
January 17, 2024
Saving New York Using the “Billion Oyster Project”
The Billion Oyster Project aims to restore the ecosystem of New York Harbor by planting a billion oysters…
January 7, 2024
Honeybees cluster together when it’s cold – but we’ve been completely wrong about why
Smit/Shutterstock Derek Mitchell, University of Leeds Honeybees in man-made hives may have been suffering the cold unnecessarily for…
December 13, 2023
As the US begins to build offshore wind farms, scientists say many questions remain about impacts on the oceans and marine life
A row of monopiles that will be the base for offshore wind turbines, in the Atlantic Ocean off…
November 30, 2023
We discovered three new species of marsupial. Unfortunately, they’re already extinct
Crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) from the Simpson Desert, Queensland. Bobby Tamayo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Jake Newman-Martin,…
November 24, 2023
We need a single list of all life on Earth – and most taxonomists now agree on how to start
Sumruay Rattanataipob/Shutterstock Stephen Garnett, Charles Darwin University and Aaron M. Lien, University of Arizona Species lists are one…
November 23, 2023
Climate change is affecting bears, and humans need to learn more to avoid conflicts
Douglas Clark, University of Saskatchewan In 1967, two simultaneous grizzly bear attacks in Montana’s Glacier National Park launched…
November 14, 2023
2 biggest threats to wombats revealed in new data gathered by citizen scientists
Sonijya/Shutterstock Julie Old, Western Sydney University and Hayley Stannard, Charles Sturt University Launched in 2015, WomSAT (Wombat Survey…
November 8, 2023
Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?
Shutterstock Brandon Michael Sideleau, Charles Darwin University On January 4 this year, a three-metre saltwater crocodile heaved itself…
October 31, 2023