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Bigger than Texas: Huge New Marine Park Will Protect ‘Australia’s Galapagos’
Massive new marine parks will now protect and preserve the Australian oceans surrounding Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands—home to life found nowhere else...
‘Comical-Looking’ Bat Thought to Be Extinct is Found Again After 40 Years in Dense Rainforest
Of more than 1,300 bat species on our planet, this might be the most comical-looking.
So says the chief scientist at Bat Conservation International when...
Amazing Quarter-Million Monarchs in 2021, Up From Just 2,000 the Year Before in Migration Count
The Xerces Society just released numbers from their annual Western Monarch Count—and the tally was remarkable.
The nonprofit announced that 247,237 monarch butterflies were observed...
The Most Stunning Moments For Animals in 2021 Will Make You Cheer – and Love Them Even More
While media outlets talk about the "Age of Extinction" for species, they never seem to include the multitude of good news—and there was a...
Monarch Population Soars 4,900 Percent Since Last Year in Thrilling 2021 Western Migration
When just 200 Western monarch butterflies arrived in the Pismo Beach Butterfly Grove from their northerly migration last year, park rangers feared the treasured...
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,...
Don’t Rake Those Leaves: Good for Your Yard, and Good For the Planet
Can’t get motivated to rake those leaves off your lawn? Now you have the ultimate excuse to avoid that chore: you’d be saving the...
Study Reports Incredible New Numbers For Critically Endangered Grauer’s Gorilla Species
A new study estimated the global population of Grauer’s gorillas—the world’s largest gorilla subspecies–and it reported good news for rangers, nonprofits, and caretakers who...
Moths’ Rippled Forewings Are Actually a Sophisticated Defense System Against Echo Location
The folds and ripples at the front of a moth's forewings are a sophisticated defense system against the echolocation of hunting bats in the...
Amazing Photos Show the Movements of Diving Kingfisher After Photographer Waited Two Years for Perfect Pics
These amazing pictures showing the movement of a diving kingfisher are the result of a photographer's two-year wait for the perfect photo.
47-year-old Vince Burton...
Teen Rescues Bumblebee And Now it Won’t Leave Her Side –Even Sleeping in a Jar by Her Bed
A teenager who rescued a bumblebee says it’s now a loyal pet, following her everywhere, and even sleeping in a jar by her bed.
It...
Irish Metalhead Turns His Ancestral Estate into Model of Rewilding: It Naturally Grew Into Biodiverse Eden
There's a lot of talk about rewilding in Europe, where so much wild country has been eliminated over the last 1,000 years, but it...
This Week’s Inspiring Horoscopes From Rob Brezsny’s ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly...
Philippine ‘Raptor Boy’ Shows It Takes a Village to Protect an Eagle Migration Route
This article was first published on Mongabay and has been re-printed with permission.
Half a decade ago, the curiosity of a 10-year-old boy helped ignite...
Sheep Are Grazing Below Minnesota Solar Panels That Invite Pollinators to Thrive
Fox sedge grasses wave in the prairie breeze, monarchs bob on swaying milkweed, while sheep graze on wild Canadian rye and the sun’s warming...
End-of-Life Specialists are Surging in Number – Helping American Families to Better Process Death and Dying
There are special caregivers in society who feel their place in the world is at the side of the bed of a dying person,...
Flowers Can Hear Buzzing Bees—And it Makes Their Nectar Sweeter
An evolutionary theorist has set out to prove that plants can hear their surroundings, and she was right; they can.
Her work, not yet peer-reviewed,...
Farms in UK Saved This Beautiful Duke of Burgundy Butterfly From Extinction
The United Kingdom loves its butterflies: Its Butterfly Conservation is the world's largest insect-focused conservation organization, and it's just helped yet another species recover...
Stuck At Home on Earth Day? Here’s How to Connect with Nature Right Where You Are
There are dozens of ways for you to connect with nature while you're stuck in quarantine—but here are just a few methods to celebrate the 50th Earth Day.
Female Entrepreneurs Tend Community Gardens While Growing Their Small Businesses, Too
Earth Day is all about making the well-being of the Earth our business. For some people that means something to pay attention to, like...