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Better Living Through Biochemistry

Scientists are creating custom microbiomes to clean up microplastics, restore trashed agricultural soil, and solve other environmental problems.

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AI Observers Hit the High Seas

New AI analysis systems can count fish and identify species. Could they be key to making fisheries safer and less destructive?

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Is a Smart Gate the Key to Habitat Connectivity?

In South Africa, an unlikely quartet’s clever contraption could help connect elephants’ fragmented habitat.

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What Conservation Sounds Like

New bioacoustic tools are revolutionizing scientific research and enabling much quicker conservation efforts around the globe.