Bee-Friendly Insecticides Closer to Reality After Breakthrough Development
By utilizing this latest development, scientists may be able to make a selective pesticide that kills mites, but leaves precious pollinators unharmed.
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While in Lockdown Citizen Scientists are Going Outside Observing Insects, Helping Boost Their Recovery
COVID-19 has led to an increase in citizen science programs in places like Occoquan Bay NWR, where butterflies and other insects are recorded.
Baby Galápagos Pink Iguanas Seen for the First Time Ever-Offering So Much Hope to Scientists
Baby pink iguanas were seen for the first time ever, and their nesting behavior and major predators have been caught on camera.
Ginkgo Trees Were Going Extinct on Their Own; Then Humans Saved These 'Living Fossils' So Now They're Everywhere
The Ginkgo tree, while beautiful on city streets, has a sad evolutionary history in which it was only saved by extinction by meeting humans.
A Tiny Gecko is Enjoying a Big Recovery After International Collaboration has Nearly Doubled Their Numbers
Multiple groups participated in the tiny gecko's big recovery, which has doubled to 18,000 individuals in just 4 years.
30% of Barbados Seas to be Protected Under "Blue Bond" Financing That Saved The Seychelles
Building on success in Belize and the Seychelles, Barbados is set for a big national debt refinance scheme to unlock $50 million in funding.
True 'River Monster' of the Amazon Has Recovered Thanks to New Sustainable Fishing
In the Carauari region, the number of pirarucu spiked from 4,916, in 2011, to 46,839, ten years later, with each fish fetching around $100
Once Devastated Pacific Reefs See Amazing Rebirth, Recovering With 'Shocking Speed'
After being destroyed partialling in 2015, the pristine reefs of the Southern Line Islands are back to their pristine state.
Two Channel Island Plants Found Nowhere Else are Off Endangered Species List and Now Flourishing
The ESA is the most successful conservation legislation, preventing 99% all species listed since 1973—around 291—from going extinct.
'Turning Back the Tide of Extinction' Australian Mammals Are Coming Back: Bandicoots, Bilbies, Potoroos
The AUD$40 million program has saved and expanded 7 other species beyond the golden bandicoot and bilbies, including potoroos and numbats.
32 Species of Harlequin Frogs Were Found in Ecuador That We Thought Were Extinct
It's one of the largest catalouged rediscoveries of animals in history, giving scientists hope for the survival of these amphibian "gems".
The Galapagos Penguin, One of the World's Rarest, Sees a Glimmer of Hope
The Galapagos Islands are famous for their their giant tortoises, but they also host the world's most northerly-dwelling penguin.
Millions of Sharks Could be Saved from Fishing Hooks with Use of New Pulsing Device
An electrical deterent device called SharkGuard has reduced bycatch of sharks and rays by 91% in tuna fisheries.
A Baby Boom For Cutest Animal Not Seen in Australia for Decades: 'Feels Like a Modern Jurassic Park'
63 Eastern Quoll joeys were born in a single year, the most ever bred in a wildlife sanctuary on mainland Australia, where they went extinct.
Native Wildlife Flourishing Again After Another Caribbean Island Banishes Invading Rodents
Caribbean islands account for only 0.16% of the Earth's landmass, but rank in the top three in the world as a collective for biodiversity.
Look at The Trouble Taken to Return Rehabbed Manatees into Home Waters
The graceful sea cows, weighing as much as two Honda civics, were driven to the airport in specialized crates that monitored their condition
Largest Dam Removal in History Begins Restoring Salmon and California Tribal Way of Life
After 20 years of legal challenges, the largest dam removal in history is returning the Klamath River in California to its natural state.
Painting Assumed to Be a Copy is Real-After Note is Found Hidden in Frame Making it Worth Thousands
The artist had tucked away a small slip of paper with a prayer for safe passage, assuring the expert Salomon that it was an original.
Holly Tree Presumed Extinct for 200 Years Discovered After Placement on Most Wanted List: 'Nature surprises us'
A team returns to the site weekly to see if the trees are fruiting in the hopes of collecting seeds from the tree to germinate them.
Rats Finally Eradicated from Caribbean Island as Huge Nature Reserve Rises in Their Place
In 2016, Antigua and Barbuda, the archipelago nation that owns Redonda, launched an eradication campaign that cleared the island of rats.
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