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In a country ravaged by war, Ukraine’s conservators are torn between protecting the country’s past and fighting for its future.
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A year after a shipwreck flooded India’s beaches with tiny plastic pieces, scientists fear the environmental damage has just begun.
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Ancient DNA, preserved for 700,000 years in ground squirrel poop, offers a new view of Pleistocene ecology.
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Geopolitical tensions have Canada looking for new trade partners—with potentially unfortunate side effects for marine life.
How Argentina’s Getting Its Jaguars Back
With the birth of a wild cub, a jaguar reintroduction project in the Gran Chaco Forest achieves its biggest milestone to date.
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Solar energy is good, but solar farms stuffed with ill-conceived nest boxes are not.
Spain’s Cliff-Nesting Gulls Are Actually Beach Bums
Almost a century ago, egg-poaching humans drove yellow-legged gulls away from beaches. Now the birds are coming back.
Nearly Half of Italy’s Wolves Are Part Dog Now. Is That a Problem?
Wolf-dog hybrids are taking over Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the country’s wolves.
Coral’s Industrial Revolution
Can autonomous monitoring and planting save corals?