Conservation (Page 18)

Protecting natural resources—from sea to sky—is about much more than planting a few trees.

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Phillippines nest egg
Ocean

A Fisherman Found a 75-lb Pearl In A Giant Clam

By G. Clay Whittaker

San Francisco Fog Made Into Misty Martinis
Conservation

San Francisco Fog Made Into Misty Martinis

By PopSci Editors

Watch Live Video from the Mariana Trench
Ocean

Watch Live Video from the Mariana Trench

By G. Clay Whittaker

Sharks Glow, But Only For Each Other
Ocean

Sharks Glow, But Only For Each Other

By Alexandra Ossola

El Nino Is Turning The Pacific Ocean’s Coral Reefs Into Ghost Towns
Ocean

El Nino Is Turning The Pacific Ocean’s Coral Reefs Into Ghost Towns

By Mary Beth Griggs

At The Explorers Club Annual Dinner, Invasive Species Are On The Menu
Conservation

At The Explorers Club Annual Dinner, Invasive Species Are On The Menu

By Grennan Milliken

Now Ships Can Get Advance Warning Of Monster Rogue Waves
Ocean

Now Ships Can Get Advance Warning Of Monster Rogue Waves

By Mary Beth Griggs

Pink Dye
Ocean

Researchers Repair Coral Reef By Sending Ocean Water ‘Back In Time’

By Mary Beth Griggs

I Plunged Into Freezing Water—And Survived To Tell The Tale
Ocean

I Plunged Into Freezing Water—And Survived To Tell The Tale

By Berne Broudy

We’re Catching Millions Of Tons More Fish Each Year Than We Report
Ocean

We’re Catching Millions Of Tons More Fish Each Year Than We Report

By Mary Beth Griggs

Discovered: A Brand-New Species of Giant Galapagos Tortoise
Conservation

Discovered: A Brand-New Species of Giant Galapagos Tortoise

By Grennan Milliken

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Ocean

Your Seafood Might Contain Tiny Plastic Particles

By Steph Yin

When the river runs yellow
Conservation

The Truth Behind The EPA’s Animas River Spill Is Messier Than You Think

By Tina Casey

Digital Map Of Seafloor Could Help Scientists Predict Climate Change Impacts
Ocean

Digital Map Of Seafloor Could Help Scientists Predict Climate Change Impacts

By Levi Sharpe

Nano-Sized Synthetic Coral Could Suck Up Ocean’s Pollutants
Ocean

Nano-Sized Synthetic Coral Could Suck Up Ocean’s Pollutants

By Levi Sharpe

Humans Aren’t Special: Carl Safina’s ‘Beyond Words’ Delves Deep Into Animal Minds
Conservation

Humans Aren’t Special: Carl Safina’s ‘Beyond Words’ Delves Deep Into Animal Minds

By PopSci Editors

Five Trillion Pieces Of Plastic Are Floating In An Ocean Near You [Interactive]
Ocean

Five Trillion Pieces Of Plastic Are Floating In An Ocean Near You [Interactive]

By Christie Wilcox

An Artificial Reef For Any Seafloor
Ocean

An Artificial Reef For Any Seafloor

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Low-Oxygen Dead Zones Found In Atlantic Ocean
Ocean

Low-Oxygen Dead Zones Found In Atlantic Ocean

By Mary Beth Griggs

Manganese Nodule
Ocean

Rare Earth Metal Balls Found Beneath The Atlantic Ocean

By Mary Beth Griggs

Researchers Find Just How Much Plastic We’re Putting Into The Ocean
Ocean

Researchers Find Just How Much Plastic We’re Putting Into The Ocean

By Loren Grush

Found: The World’s Newest Deepest-Dwelling Fish
Ocean

Found: The World’s Newest Deepest-Dwelling Fish

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Radar image City of Rio de Janeiro
Ocean

This Is What A Shipwreck Looks Like After 113 Years

By Mary Beth Griggs

Pufferfish Don’t Hold Their Breaths To Stay Puffed, Scientists Find
Ocean

Pufferfish Don’t Hold Their Breaths To Stay Puffed, Scientists Find

By Francie Diep

Rare Anglerfish Caught On Video
Ocean

Rare Anglerfish Caught On Video

By Rafi Letzter

Elephants Able To Detect Rainstorms 150 Miles Away
Conservation

Elephants Able To Detect Rainstorms 150 Miles Away

By Loren Grush

Mussels Inspire A Glue That Works Underwater
Ocean

Mussels Inspire A Glue That Works Underwater

By Francie Diep

Massive slick of anchovy shoal up for a day at the beach
Ocean

Massive slick of anchovy shoal up for a day at the beach

By Popular Science Team

What Happens To A Human Who Spends A Month Under The Sea?
Ocean

What Happens To A Human Who Spends A Month Under The Sea?

By Brian Lam

John Steinbeck’s 1966 Plea To Create A NASA For The Oceans
Ocean

John Steinbeck’s 1966 Plea To Create A NASA For The Oceans

By Rose Pastore

Has The Reintroduction Of Wolves Really Saved Yellowstone?
Conservation

Has The Reintroduction Of Wolves Really Saved Yellowstone?

By Emily Gertz

A Campaign To Save The World’s Ugliest Endangered Animals
Conservation

A Campaign To Save The World’s Ugliest Endangered Animals

By Dan Nosowitz

How To Argue With Someone Who Says ‘Pandas Deserve To Die’
Conservation

How To Argue With Someone Who Says ‘Pandas Deserve To Die’

By Dan Nosowitz

What Would Happen If Everyone Peed In The Ocean At The Same Time?
Ocean

What Would Happen If Everyone Peed In The Ocean At The Same Time?

By Lacey Henry

This Scary Giant Black Jellyfish Is Stinging Swimmers In Southern California
Ocean

This Scary Giant Black Jellyfish Is Stinging Swimmers In Southern California

By Dan Nosowitz

Carbon Test Determines Whether A Piece Of Ivory Is Legal Or Illegal
Conservation

Carbon Test Determines Whether A Piece Of Ivory Is Legal Or Illegal

By Francie Diep

A Generator That Harnesses Energy From Ocean Currents
Ocean

A Generator That Harnesses Energy From Ocean Currents

By Flora Lichtman

James Cameron Donates His Custom-Built Submarine To Science
Ocean

James Cameron Donates His Custom-Built Submarine To Science

By Rebecca Boyle

Whoever Kills The Most Burmese Pythons In Florida Wins A Cash Prize
Conservation

Whoever Kills The Most Burmese Pythons In Florida Wins A Cash Prize

By Dan Nosowitz

FYI: What Is Sea Foam? Where Does It Come From?
Ocean

FYI: What Is Sea Foam? Where Does It Come From?

By Emily Elert

Inside the World’s First Manmade Batcave Built For Wild Bats
Conservation

Inside the World’s First Manmade Batcave Built For Wild Bats

By Rebecca Boyle

Plastic-Eating Underwater Drone Could Swallow the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Ocean

Plastic-Eating Underwater Drone Could Swallow the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

By Rebecca Boyle

Ultra-Tough Mantis Shrimp Claws Could Lead to Better Body Armor
Ocean

Ultra-Tough Mantis Shrimp Claws Could Lead to Better Body Armor

By Rebecca Boyle

How It Works: Building a Kilometer-Long Pipe Deep Under the Sea
Ocean

How It Works: Building a Kilometer-Long Pipe Deep Under the Sea

By Rebecca Boyle

An Ocean of Data: Looking for Sunken Treasure in a New Way
Ocean

An Ocean of Data: Looking for Sunken Treasure in a New Way

By Brooke Borel

200,000-Year-Old Patch of Seagrass Is the World’s Oldest Living Organism
Ocean

200,000-Year-Old Patch of Seagrass Is the World’s Oldest Living Organism

By Dan Nosowitz

Maldivian Leaders Might Move the Entire Nation to Australia If Sea Keeps Rising
Ocean

Maldivian Leaders Might Move the Entire Nation to Australia If Sea Keeps Rising

By Rebecca Boyle

Building a Massive Neutrino Hunter Beneath the Mediterranean
Ocean

Building a Massive Neutrino Hunter Beneath the Mediterranean

By Rebecca Boyle

Saving the Seas: Reducing Fertilizer Runoff to Resurrect Ocean Dead Zones
Ocean

Saving the Seas: Reducing Fertilizer Runoff to Resurrect Ocean Dead Zones

By Rowan Jacobsen

Saving the Seas: Fixing the Water Cycle Is the Key
Ocean

Saving the Seas: Fixing the Water Cycle Is the Key

By Abe Streep

Saving the Seas: Bleaching Threatens Coral, But Phage Therapy Could Prevent “Ghostly” Reefs
Ocean

Saving the Seas: Bleaching Threatens Coral, But Phage Therapy Could Prevent “Ghostly” Reefs

By Paul Kvinta

Putting a Price on Carbon Could Slow Oceans’ Acidification
Ocean

Putting a Price on Carbon Could Slow Oceans’ Acidification

By Donovan Hohn

Sir Richard Branson Launches Virgin Oceanic, Will Explore the Deepest Depths of Every Ocean
Ocean

Sir Richard Branson Launches Virgin Oceanic, Will Explore the Deepest Depths of Every Ocean

By Dan Nosowitz

Bat Conference, Day 1: Students Rush To Front Lines In Battle to Save Bats
Conservation

Bat Conference, Day 1: Students Rush To Front Lines In Battle to Save Bats

By Rebecca Boyle