CONSERVATION NEWS

News, views and features from the front lines of conservation

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News spotlight: Flooding in Yellowstone could foreshadow future climate disasters

By Kiley Price

June 22, 2022
In case you missed it: The unprecedented floods that ripped through Yellowstone National Park in the United States could be a warning of climate impacts to come.
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A young woman dives down to explore the seagrass bed in Honduras.
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A self-cloning sea grass is the world’s biggest plant: 3 stories you may have missed

By Will McCarry

June 13, 2022
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The world's oldest trees, Bristlecone Pines, in the Inyo National Forest, California. The trees range from 4,000 to 5,000 years old.
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Methuselah: Still the world's oldest tree?

By Vanessa Bauza

June 6, 2022
In eastern California, a Great Basin bristlecone pine known as Methuselah has long been considered Earth’s oldest living thing. But in Chile, a new challenger has emerged that could be 500 years older than the reigning champ.
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Climate change is keeping people up at night — literally: 3 stories you may have missed

By Kiley Price

May 31, 2022
In case you missed it: Rising temperatures are disrupting peoples’ slumber, carbon offsets are helping the Indigenous Hadza people protect the forests they depend on and elephants are consuming massive amounts of plastic from dumpsters in India.
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A tick-borne meat allergy is spreading: 3 stories you may have missed

By Will McCarry

May 23, 2022
In case you missed it: A tick that causes a meat allergy is shifting its range in response to global warming, climate change is taking a huge toll on India and species are disappearing before humans even know they exist.
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