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Baa Atoll Biosphere Reserve.
Eydhafushi, Maldives

Baa Atoll Biosphere Reserve

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.
The Lava Garden, planted on volcanic rock from an ancient volcanic eruption.
Mexico City, Mexico

UNAM Botanical Garden

These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.
Baby mountain gorilla in Virunga National Park.
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Virunga National Park

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.
Mount Mantalingahan in the Philippines.
islands

Cold, Damp 'Sky Islands' Are Hotspots for Unusual Plants and Animals

Exploring an ecological oasis high up on the Philippines' Palawan Island.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 21, 2018
Chimps sleep in nests, but they only spend a single night in each one.
animals

Is a Chimpanzee's Bed Cleaner Than Yours?

Maybe it's best not to think too much about what's in your bed now.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 16, 2018
Ichthyology Collection
Seattle, Washington

Burke Museum Ichthyology Collection

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.
Amazon Spheres from Doppler.
Seattle, Washington

Amazon Spheres

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.
The Pima County Public Library maintains a seed collection in an old card catalog file.
libraries

Why So Many Public Libraries Are Now Giving Out Seeds

Seed-sharing programs aim to expand access to crops and educate the public, while also protecting scarce agricultural resources.
Katherine Davis-Young March 27, 2018
The recently described species <em>Apheloria whiteheadi</em>.
forests

Up Close With the First and Only Millipede Lab in the United States

They got legs, and they know how to use them.
Vittoria Traverso January 31, 2018
A hammerhead shark nursery in the Galápagos Islands.
underwater

Found: A Hammerhead Shark Nursery

Another natural wonder in the Galápagos Islands.
Vittoria Traverso January 30, 2018
The golden-crowned manakin is the only known hybrid species in the Amazon.
animals

Found: The First Known Hybrid Bird Species in the Amazon Rain Forest

Resistance to crossing rivers gave it the space to evolve into something new.
Vittoria Traverso January 9, 2018
Wildlife found around the Tiputini Biodiversity Station.
Ecuador

Tiputini Biodiversity Station

This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.
spiders

Found: An Electric Blue Tarantula and More Than 30 Other New Species

A rich month of species-finding in the Guyana rain forest.
Vittoria Traverso November 27, 2017
<em>Placida brookae</em> was named for diver and underwater photographer Brook Peterson.
presidents

Found: 3 New Sea Slugs That Were Victims of Mistaken Identity

One has been named after a former president who had a thing for marine conservation.
Vittoria Traverso November 22, 2017
The newly found skull of an ancient relative of giraffes and okapis sheds new light on their evolution.
extinct animals

Found: A Key Piece in the Puzzle of Giraffe Evolution

A new member of the family.
Vittoria Traverso November 2, 2017
Maitara Island and Tidore Island seen from Ternate.
Ternate, Indonesia

Ternate Island

The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.
The rain forest in Brazil.
collections

There Are Definitely at Least 14,003 Plant Species in the Amazon Rain Forest

Including 6,727 different kinds of tree.
Sarah Laskow September 18, 2017
The Lost 40
Northome, Minnesota

The Lost 40

A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.