The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...

Citizen scientists Rebecca Ramirez, left, and Bernard Yin joined a crew on Jan. 17 to rescue fish threatened by the Palisades fire, including Alyssa Morgan, right, conservation biologist and project ...

A new study published in Conservation Biology examines the behavior and distribution of queen conch (Aliger gigas) to guide ...

During his regular checkup, a 9-year-old clouded leopard named Masala undergoes a procedure to get a tiny heart monitor implanted under his skin at the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute in ...

In this week’s segment of “North Dakota Outdoors,” host Mike Anderson takes us to the Heart River, where conservation biologists are surveying aquatic invertebrates. Joining him is Game and Fish ...

For the first time since 2014, keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) have welcomed two sloth bear cubs. The cubs were born Dec. 7 at approximately 2:30 ...

A Washington State University Vancouver conservation biologist has spent decades studying butterflies and recently coauthored a report that provides a guide to recovering butterfly populations across ...

New conservation methods could help to save the species. Thousands of feet in the air, Willem Briers-Louw, a wildlife biologist, surveys the Zambeze Delta in Mozambique via helicopter -- seeking the ...

Conservation has long focused on saving charismatic animals and sweeping landscapes, yet some of the most consequential life forms on Earth are invisible to the naked eye. As climate stress, habitat ...