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American Samoa said ‘no’ to deep sea mining, Washington heard ‘faster’ (commentary)

Jackie Dragon 1 Apr 2026
A maxima clam (Tridacna maxima) in American Samoa. Image by Paolo Marra-Biggs/UHM HIMB,

Traditional protection proves more successful for clams in American Samoa

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 30 Mar 2026

China’s deep-sea mining fleet may also track US submarines

Elizabeth Claire Alberts, Kara Fox 24 Mar 2026
Trash bags full of discarded plastic. Image by Adil Edin via Unsplash (Public domain).

Huge amounts of nanoplastics discovered in tap and bottled water

Shanna Hanbury 23 Mar 2026

French company stops US offshore wind projects in $1B deal with Trump administration

Associated Press 23 Mar 2026

California condors nesting in Pacific Northwest for first time in a century, on Yurok territory

Liz Kimbrough 20 Mar 2026

Paul Ehrlich, ‘Population Bomb’ ecologist, dies at 93

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Mar 2026

A bonobo named Kanzi could play pretend, challenging ideas about animal imaginations

Liz Kimbrough 18 Mar 2026

Beyond the screen: DCEFF

Mongabay.com 17 Mar 2026

Photos show the dramatic dawn flight of migrating snow geese

Associated Press 13 Mar 2026
Corals in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Reefs in Florida and elsewhere in the world face many threats including heat waves (which causes coral bleaching), diseases like stony coral tissue loss disease, invasive species, pollution, physical damage and more.

If Florida reefs aren’t protected, storms will increase flooding & costs: Study

Ruth Kamnitzer 12 Mar 2026
Visitors interact with belugas at Marineland of Canada, in 2001. At one point, the facility had nearly 60 belugas, the most of any such facility in the world, and ran a successful breeding operation before Canada enacted a law banning cetaceans in captivity in 2019. Image by rdoroshenko via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Belugas facing euthanasia at shuttered Canada theme park may find new homes in US

Spoorthy Raman 11 Mar 2026

Scientists use rapid 3D scanning to create a digital library of 800 ant species

Spoorthy Raman 11 Mar 2026

Towering lava fountains of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano trigger park and highway closures

Associated Press 11 Mar 2026
An Indochinese tiger. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

The Wild League aims to turn sports mascots into conservation champions

Liz Kimbrough 11 Mar 2026

US development bank left without oversight after watchdog let go

Ashoka Mukpo 10 Mar 2026

Beyond the Potomac River, sewage spills threaten cities with old infrastructure and little funds

Associated Press 10 Mar 2026
Synthetic polymers like plastics take centuries to fully decompose in the environment. In contrast, natural polymers like cellulose and DNA break down completely after use. Now, researchers have taken inspiration from nature to create strong, durable plastics that break down easily at the end of a product’s life.

Promising breakthrough creates plastics that self-deconstruct on cue: Study

Claire Asher 10 Mar 2026
With striking orange and black streaks on their wings, painted woolly bats are one of the most colorful bats in the world.

U.S.’ hunger for Halloween trinkets is killing Vietnam’s painted woolly bats

Spoorthy Raman 9 Mar 2026
A deckhand watches groundfish in a trawl net be hauled aboard the Cassandra Anne, which is based in Oregon, U.S., in 2023. Image by Chris Peterson/Action Works Photography courtesy of Oregon Sea Grant via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

25 years after ‘disaster’ declaration, major U.S. fishery makes a comeback

Jules Struck 5 Mar 2026
Paul Brainerd, President of Aldus, Creator of PageMaker, in 1986. Photo credit: DGHealy

Paul Brainerd turned computers into printing presses and fortune into conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Mar 2026
Yosemite Valley. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

America’s national parks face an uncertain future as climate risks mount

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Mar 2026

Online ads reveal scale — and gaps — in amphibian pet trade into US

David Brown 27 Feb 2026
UC Santa Cruz researcher in Hazmat suit taking nasal sample from elephant seal pup, Ano Nuevo State Park, California, USA.

Avian flu strikes California’s northern elephant seals; area quarantined

Christine Heinrichs 27 Feb 2026
CHEMAF’s Etoile mine (formerly known as Kalukuluku) in Ruashi-Lubumbashi in the DRC. Image by Didier Makal.

US firm Virtus Minerals closes in on deal for crucial DRC copper and cobalt mines

Ashoka Mukpo 26 Feb 2026
Blue shark.

It’s electric: Scientists develop cheap way to keep sharks off fishing hooks

Edward Carver 23 Feb 2026

‘Ridiculous’ plan developed at Florida zoo saves wild rhino’s eyesight in Africa

Associated Press 18 Feb 2026
Paicines Ranch

From chemistry to regeneration: Agriculture’s next transformation has begun (commentary)

Sallie Calhoun 17 Feb 2026

Texas sea turtles have lost a conservation hero (commentary)

Todd Steiner 16 Feb 2026

US ocean regulator faces criticism over changes to right whale protection rule

Associated Press 16 Feb 2026
Photo by Gary Tabor.

A hundred-year vision: Gary Tabor on the rise of large landscape conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Feb 2026

US cuts legal foundation for federal climate regulation

Bobby Bascomb 13 Feb 2026

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