1+ hour, 10+ min ago  (443+ words) An important watershed in Oakland is now a thriving Eden of native species thanks to the work of two generations of volunteers. 30 years ago last week, Mr. Michael Thilgen and his neighbors formed the Friends of Sausal Creek nonprofit dedicating…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (621+ words) Increased sightings of the world's two largest whale species offers fresh hope for the future of the endangered ocean giants. More than 40 years since the end of commercial whaling, new research reveals a recent increase in sightings of blue and…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (639+ words) A researcher discovered a "rare" wildflower that only grows in New Jersey'after studying a plant that everyone assumed to belong to another species. In the Pine Barrens region of southern New Jersey, Temple University researcher Sasha Eisenman helped identify the…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (539+ words) Tiny samples of DNA taken from a wide variety of animal sources can pinpoint hotspots of the illegal wildlife trade, utilizing a new research technique'and eventually lead to dismantling lucrative poaching networks. The study focused on pangolins'with their scales prized…...

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3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (315+ words) In a stunning act of corporate responsibility, one of the world's largest makers of smartphone cases has designed and built a seaborne drone carrier designed to clean up ocean-bound plastic waste. Already deployed off the coast of Taiwan, the Circular…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (406+ words) Early in May, GNN reported how Australia and USA citizens have amassed 85 million acres of private land specifically for conservation. From the Spokesman-Review comes the story of a man in Washington state who's about to make it 85, 000, 885 by donating his…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (516+ words) From Queensland, Australia, comes the story of how a little salt can go a long way to restoring an ecosystem. Near the area of Mackay, tidal gates and embankments built between 50 and 60 years ago to keep out tides of seawater…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (578+ words) In the far-eastern Indian state of Nagaland, locals are protecting mainland Asia's largest tortoise species, an animal they used to hunt. Governments around the world struggle to effectively govern or manage their frontier borderlands, and few borderlands feel as frontier…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (394+ words) Last week, volunteers dumped 20, 000 oysters into English waters to recreate historic, biodiverse oyster reefs. 260 people came down to Chichester Harbor in Portsmouth to take part in what one of the participating organizations called, "the UK's largest subtidal oyster reef restoration…...