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Biruté Mary Galdikas has spent more than half a century studying Borneo's orangutans.

The Anthropologist Who Has Spent 50 Years Protecting—and Learning From—Orangutans

Biruté Mary Galdikas has quietly fought on the frontlines of some of conservation’s biggest battles.

Gemma Tarlach March 24, 2022

The San Francisco garter snake has been on the federal endangered species list for more than half a century.

A San Francisco Airport Site Is Crawling With Snakes—And That's a Good Thing

An endangered species is thriving at a once-blighted lot, but climate change and other challenges threaten its future.

Ashley Stimpson July 27, 2021

A fisher with a sea cucumber haul in Mérida, Mexico, in April 2018.

A Mexican Nature Reserve Hopes to Get Sea Cucumbers Out of a Pickle

Poaching puts local fishers at risk, and two scientists are helping to brainstorm solutions.

Ellen Airhart May 7, 2021

After being caught on the French Atlantic coast, young European eels—known as glass eels—are transported in boxes to Germany to restock local rivers.

Will These Glass Eels Beat the Odds and Survive to Spawn?

Critically endangered, and a much-sought delicacy, the animals are imperiled at every turn.

Gemma Tarlach April 27, 2021

A tiger steps out in a biosphere reserve in the Sundarbans.

Bangladesh’s Tigers Bounce Back After a Poaching Crackdown

This mangrove forest holds one of the world’s largest remaining wild populations of tigers.

Sabrina Imbler May 23, 2019

Officer Tony Marsh protects a reintroduced lady's slipper orchid near Carnforth, Lancashire, in May 2010.

This British Orchid Is Under Guard in a Secret Location

The last wild lady's slipper in the U.K. is a target for thieves.

Reina Gattuso April 11, 2019