The Potential and Perils of AI for Conservation
AI can help experts sift through datasets that are otherwise unmanageable, but the technology threatens to undermine other ways of knowing.
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In South Africa, an unlikely quartet’s clever contraption could help connect elephants’ fragmented habitat.
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How Penguin Poop Helps Antarctica Keep its Cool
Ammonia wafting from penguin guano contributes to cloud formation.
A Home Made of Microplastics
Caddisfly cases from museum collections reveal that microplastics infiltrated “pristine” freshwater environments far earlier than suspected.
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A whale’s grapefruit-sized eye reveals the reason humpbacks keep swimming into fishing gear.
Whale Sharks’ Low-Oxygen Advantage
Whale shark babies seem to find safety in dangerous oxygen minimum zones.
Feather Forensics Offers a Way to Root Out Poachers
Chemical analysis of a bird’s feathers offers a reliable way to tell whether it was captive-born or wild-caught.
Walled Off
As barriers to control human migration rise around the world, animals suffer.
Plant Sex and the City
Plants around the world are adapting their reproductive strategies to survive on an increasingly urban planet.
Is a Smart Gate the Key to Habitat Connectivity?
In South Africa, an unlikely quartet’s clever contraption could help connect elephants’ fragmented habitat.
Dispatches from the Last Ice Area
The Arctic is losing ice—fast. To better predict the future, scientists headed to the North’s last bastion of multiyear sea ice.
How Penguin Poop Helps Antarctica Keep its Cool
Ammonia wafting from penguin guano contributes to cloud formation.
A Home Made of Microplastics
Caddisfly cases from museum collections reveal that microplastics infiltrated “pristine” freshwater environments far earlier than suspected.
What a Whale Does Not See
A whale’s grapefruit-sized eye reveals the reason humpbacks keep swimming into fishing gear.
Whale Sharks’ Low-Oxygen Advantage
Whale shark babies seem to find safety in dangerous oxygen minimum zones.
Feather Forensics Offers a Way to Root Out Poachers
Chemical analysis of a bird’s feathers offers a reliable way to tell whether it was captive-born or wild-caught.
Walled Off
As barriers to control human migration rise around the world, animals suffer.
Plant Sex and the City
Plants around the world are adapting their reproductive strategies to survive on an increasingly urban planet.