The boat emerges from a wall of fog into a magical scene. Pods of dolphins swim in our wake. Several humpback whales spout nearby. Flocks of Wilson’s storm petrels – small sea birds – fly all around us. We take a moment to take it all in. Then it’s time for action. Carl LoBue, oceans … Read more
Off the coast of Brazil, on an island called Alcatrazes once used by the Brazilian government as a naval shooting range, lives a tree frog the size of the top joint of your thumb. It’s on the brink of extinction. Or it was, until a group of conservationists rallied to start a captive breeding program … Read more
The rich lands and waters of Colombia’s department (state) of Vichada are valued around the world for their biodiversity, which in Colombia, includes the local cultures and communities. La Primavera, one of the state’s six municipalities, is located in the heart of what the indigenous Sikuani Peoples called ‘witzara,’ and takes its name from the Spanish … Read more
Lizzie McLeod laughs at the memory: She’s rushing from her job at a local bank to The Nature Conservancy’s office in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. There, she’d spend her lunch hour in a dark room/closet scanning a marine biologist’s old slides to digital. McLeod, now The Nature Conservancy’s Global Director for Oceans, has fond memories of those … Read more
On a warm, humid December night, a female leatherback hauls herself from the waves. She labors up the beach, one heave at a time, to lay her eggs within the dark, volcanic sands of the Solomon Islands. After just a few hours on shore, she’ll slip back beneath the ocean’s surface and begin a journey … Read more