Conservation

Spot these free-ranging versions of your favorite produce on your next hike.

The wildly uncharismatic buffy-tufted-ear marmoset needs a boost.

The iconic wooden buildings require ancient weatherproofing technology.

The iconic Italian landscape suffered decades of neglect, but a tragedy spurred locals to action.

An Australian project to help threatened marsupials avoid predatory cats is one of a host of 'assisted evolution' efforts.

Zebra mussels showed up in imported aquarium accessories across 32 states. Ecologists want your help killing them.

The charm of centuries-old ruins and a unique ecosystem face the perverse incentives of the modern tourist economy.

Conservators are trying to protect historic treasures—but it's all more subdued than it sounds.

It took a custom-built barge and a whole lot of patience to get these rare animals off a shrinking island.

Tristan da Cunha was first inhabited to keep an eye on Napoleon; now residents are looking out for lobsters.

A conservation team wanted to know if removing killer bees would make life easier for Lear's macaw.

Researchers determined that the pachyderms fare just fine when they sail suspended from a helicopter.

Low-cost seismometers could give rural communities an alert system, or begin to decipher elephant communication.

The apex predators mean a great deal both ecologically and culturally.

In a Wisconsin basement, two Labradors learned to detect tiny aquatic hitchhikers.

Bake an old-timey cake from this handwritten cookbook.