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In the hierarchy of anecdotal strength, very little beats steel or Kevlar. And while they’re strong, they can’t stretch.  Then there’s spider silk. Sure, a strand might break in a gust of wind or on your unsuspecting face. And a web can be brushed away with a broom. But ounce for ounce, milligram for milligram, … Read more

Update on the NatureNet Science Fellows: Won-Hee Ryu A new paper by Conservancy NatureNet Science Fellow Won-Hee Ryu may ultimately help scientists overcome one of the most intractable technological obstacles to wholesale adoption of clean energy: the development of technologies capable of storing that energy at larger and larger scales. Today rechargeable lithium-ion batteries power … Read more

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the U.S. beef industry could be reduced by up to 30 percent with the full adoption of selected mitigation measures, especially involving management practices. The Gist Examining the beef production supply chain, researchers modeled 42 emissions-reduction practices, including cover crops, variable irrigation, raising livestock and meat processing. Published in Nature … Read more

Jazmin Locke-Rodriguez has a new favorite flower in her South Florida garden. She’s looking at it as she explains her research process for the dissertation she recently defended at Florida International University in Miami. She describes the bold blooms with something close to awe. “I have gravitated toward the golden ones,” says Jazmin Locke-Rodriguez, Florida … Read more

New Fish Tech to Help Manage Fisheries for Sustainability Gets a Greenlight These days, most headlines about the world’s fisheries are heavy on a vocabulary of loss and resignation. There’s overfishing, illegal fishing and the problems of bycatch. Then there are the results of those activities—collapsing fisheries, broken communities, lost livelihoods, poor nutrition and destruction … Read more

Tungsten trisulfide. It sounds like something straight out of Tony Stark’s fictional lab, but fortunately for the future of grid-scale energy storage, it’s very real. As described in a recent paper published in ACS Nano, researchers in Andre Taylor’s lab at Yale University, led by NatureNet Science Fellow Won-Hee Ryu, are the first to report … Read more

Published in Marine Policy, a new paper from TNC staff and partners provides the first national review of the structure and function of community fisheries trusts in the U.S., as well as one of the first examples of guidance for the development and operation of such trusts in new geographies and fisheries. The Gist Fisheries … Read more

This story is part of a series designed to introduce the perspectives of alumni from the National Geographic Society and The Nature Conservancy’s global youth externship program. Each guest author is an emerging leader in conservation and storytelling. Cozumel, Mexico is a small island on the Eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula with a total … Read more

I walked along a little path when suddenly the ground in front of me came alive in a whir of feathers. I reflexively jumped back as 20 California quail flushed before me. They flew rapidly away for a short distance, then set their wings as they glided into a patch of grass. Just as they … Read more