CONSERVATION

Kids Help Save the Oceans With Shark Stanley

The cartoon hammerhead helps protect endangered sharks one smile at a time.

6 Audacious Efforts to Save Endangered Rhinos

Drones, armed guards, and international relocation are helping to protect rhinos from poachers.

Could a Seed Bank Be Called Into Action to Save Florida’s Orange Trees?

A fast-spreading bacterial disease might someday destroy the citrus industry.

13 Photos of California's Devastating Drought

2015 marks California’s fourth consecutive year of drought.

Vladimir Nabokov's Karner Blue Butterfly Makes a Comeback

It's not the resurrection of the waxwing slain by the false azure in the windowpane, but it's pretty close.

Meet the Chainsaw Environmentalist

When illegal palm trees are planted in protected Indonesian forest, Rudi Putra grabs a chainsaw.

Scientists Aren't Releasing the Colombian Cocaine Moths Just Yet

Saving A Snake in Disguise

Vultures Find Food With a Little Help From Their Friends

Galapagos Birds Beat Bloodsuckers with Pesticide-Lined Homes

In the 1990s, the fly Philornis downsi was accidentally introduced to the Galapagos Islands, probably in a shipment of fruit. The adult flies are harmless enough as invaders go, but their kids are a real problem for the islands’ native birds, some of whic