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Protected by Prawns

Restoring native crustaceans along West Africa’s Senegal River may be a critical step in controlling one of the world’s deadliest tropical diseases.

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An Ethiopian wolf pup plays with an older sibling in Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
The Last Wolves

Africa's rarest carnivores face mounting threats from disease-carrying domestic dogs, but scientists hope a new vaccination campaign will give Ethiopian wolves a fighting chance at survival.

A cutthroat trout feeds at the surface of a clear lake in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park. Photograph by William Hughes
Resurrecting the Greenback, Take Two

After a case of mistaken identity, scientists face an upstream swim to save a fabled fish.

The Unsung Reef

Australia's corals may get all the headlines, but the country's kelp-dominated temperate reefs are at least as important and imperiled. Now they're finally getting the restoration focus they deserve.

A male Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) displays in forest canopy of Varirata National Park, Papua New Guinea. Photograph by Nick Garbutt
Where the Rainforest Meets the Road

Community-led conservation has taken root in a remote corner of Papua New Guinea. Now the plan’s architects must ensure that ecological protection and economic prosperity can coexist.

Two adult pandas monitor activities around theirenclosure at the Wolong Nature Reserve Panda in Sichuan Province. Photograph by Ami Vitale
Green Glove, Iron Fist

As China prepares to unveil its brand-new national park system, the country—and the world—holds its collective breath to see how conservation will play out under this authoritarian regime.

An Indian flying fox peers out of the leaves of a date palm tree in India’s West Bengal, just across the border with Bangladesh. Photograph by Dhritiman Mukherjee
The Reservoir

In Bangladesh, a bat-borne virus you've probably never heard of is poised to become the next pandemic—and medicine alone may not be sufficient to stop it. Is an ecological intervention the answer?

Biologists for the Tulalip Tribe carry a beaver toward the site of its reintroduction along a stretch of river in northern Washington.
They Will Build It

In western Washington, the Tulalip Tribes bet big on beavers.

Ingredients for a typical Peruvian dish 
Can Wild Foods Save the Amazon?

Peruvian chefs and Amazon dwellers hope the answer is yes—and that the path to salvation will be sabroso.

Sounds of Survival

A quest to record a quiet frog’s call may mean the difference between its survival and its extinction.