More Science and Conservation Coverage

An Azores bullfinch feeds on the buds of a native tree on São Miguel Island in the Azores.

SCIENCE

One of Europe’s Most Endangered Birds Is Bouncing Back

A pod of ancient Nacional cacao offers hope for reforesting Ecuador’s Pacific coast, which by some estimates has lost 98 percent of its original forest cover over the past century.

ARTS & CULTURE

The Quest to Save the World’s Most Coveted Chocolate

A team including research scientists at Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute became the first in the world to successfully cryopreserve coral using a technique called isochronic vitrification.

AT THE SMITHSONIAN

Scientists Cryopreserve and Revive Coral Fragments in a World First for Conservation

One of the adult ospreys in the breeding pair

SMART NEWS

Ospreys Breed in Ireland for the First Time in More Than 200 Years

Aerial photo of the Tiputini Processing Center of state-owned Petroecuador in Yasuni National Park, northeastern Ecuador. 

SMART NEWS

Ecuadorean Voters Reject Oil Drilling in the Amazon's Yasuní National Park

A wolf spotted in the Sequoia National Forest

SMART NEWS

New Pack of Endangered Gray Wolves Discovered in California

In Montana, a group of 16 young people are suing the state for violating their constitutional right to a "clean and healthful environment."

SMART NEWS

Montana Youths Win Key Climate Lawsuit on Their Right to a 'Clean and Healthful Environment'

The chicks were both born in early May and should take their first flights later this year.

SMART NEWS

Two Baby Condors At Pinnacles National Park Are Healthy, 'Adorable Fluffballs'

A researcher holds two White's seahorses before releasing them into Sydney Harbor.

SMART NEWS

Scientists Release Record-Breaking Number of Baby Seahorses Into Sydney Harbor

A bandicoot uses its nose to sniff out subterranean insects, leaving behind shallow holes known as “snout pokes.”

SCIENCE

The Unlikely Survival Story of Australia's Bandicoots