March 16, 2017
Numeniini Bird Family Unexpectedly at Risk
Researchers discover that the Numeniini bird family faces extinction, despite having a very wide distribution. One of the world’s most geographically…
March 16, 2017
Seabirds of the Marquesas Archipelago
Seabirds are a valued part of French Polynesia’s cultural history, but invasive species have led to population declines…a problem that…
March 15, 2017
Women’s History Month: Rochelle Newbold and Lynn Gape
In honor of Women’s History Month, Bahamas Program Manager Rochelle Newbold reflects on a woman whose work in conservation and leadership qualities…
March 10, 2017
A Tiny Reason to Celebrate on Midway Atoll
Wisdom the Laysan Albatross, the world’s oldest known bird producing offspring in the wild, has recently hatched yet another chick…
March 10, 2017
Why So Blue? Evolution and The Blue-footed Booby
Have you ever wondered why the Blue-footed Booby has blue feet? Science has the answers. What’s in a name? The Blue-footed Booby’s…
March 10, 2017
The Late Lonesome George Returns Home
Lonesome George, the last Pinta Giant Tortoise died in 2012, but has been preserved and returned to the Galápagos as…
March 10, 2017
Straw-headed Bulbul Finds New Home, Future Remains Uncertain
The Endangered Straw-headed Bulbul has found a safe new habitat on an island free of invasive species, but researchers think more needs to be…
March 9, 2017
Surveying the Marquesas Islands
Marquesas: Part Three. By: Jason Zito Kaoha nui/Bonjour/Hi from the Marquesas everyone! I’m writing this from paradisiacal Fatu-hiva, the southern-most…
March 8, 2017
Could Mice Hold the Key to Preventing Extinctions?
Mice as Conservationists? Scientific American features research that could change the way conservationists prevent extinctions of island species. By: Heath…