Nature Conservation

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What Is the High Seas Treaty and Why It Matters Science

What Is the High Seas Treaty and Why It Matters

The High Seas Treaty — formally the BBNJ Agreement — entered into force in January 2026, giving humanity its first legally binding framework to protec...

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What Is Homo habilis and How Did It Shape Human Evolution Science

What Is Homo habilis and How Did It Shape Human Evolution

Homo habilis—'handy man'—is one of the oldest known members of the human genus, living roughly 2.4 to 1.65 million years ago. Combining ape-like body...

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How Wildlife Trafficking Works and Why It Persists Science

How Wildlife Trafficking Works and Why It Persists

Wildlife trafficking is a $20 billion criminal industry affecting over 4,000 species. Here is how the illegal trade works, who profits, and why decade...

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How Temperature Limits Every Living Thing on Earth Science

How Temperature Limits Every Living Thing on Earth

Scientists have uncovered a universal temperature rule that governs all life—from deep-sea bacteria to tropical insects—revealing why evolution cannot...

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How the Sun Migrated Across the Milky Way Science

How the Sun Migrated Across the Milky Way

New research reveals the Sun traveled roughly 10,000 light-years outward from the Milky Way's dangerous inner core billions of years ago — a journey t...

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How Galápagos Tortoise Conservation Works Science

How Galápagos Tortoise Conservation Works

Giant tortoises once numbered 250,000 across the Galápagos—centuries of exploitation nearly wiped them out. Here is how scientists are bringing them b...

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Why Great White Sharks Are Vanishing From the Mediterranean Science

Why Great White Sharks Are Vanishing From the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean's great white sharks are critically endangered — fewer than 250 likely remain. Scientists are racing to understand a population that...

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What Is Coral Bleaching and Why It Threatens Reefs Science

What Is Coral Bleaching and Why It Threatens Reefs

Coral bleaching occurs when rising ocean temperatures sever the vital partnership between corals and their food-producing algae, turning reefs white a...

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What Are Alvarezsaurs and Why They Puzzle Scientists Science

What Are Alvarezsaurs and Why They Puzzle Scientists

Alvarezsaurs were a bizarre group of tiny, bird-like dinosaurs with stubby arms and a single giant claw. A near-complete fossil from Patagonia is fina...

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What Is Ancient DNA and How Scientists Use It Science

What Is Ancient DNA and How Scientists Use It

Ancient DNA extracted from bones, teeth, and even permafrost sediments is rewriting human prehistory, revealing lost species, and opening unexpected d...

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Earth's Biodiversity Boom: 16,000 New Species Found Yearly

A landmark University of Arizona study in Science Advances finds scientists are identifying more than 16,000 new species every year — the fastest rate...

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What Are Cryptic Species and How Are They Found? Science

What Are Cryptic Species and How Are They Found?

Beneath the surface of Earth's known biodiversity hides a vast shadow catalogue of look-alike species, genetically distinct but visually indistinguish...

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