Special Report

Future of Conservation

From stories about efforts to stop poaching using new technologies to articles detailing projects to reintroduce endangered animals, Smithsonian Magazine shares the innovative steps scientists are taking to save species.

An African bush elephant walks through long grass in Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania.

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A humpback whale breaches off the coast near Alameda, California. Ships collide and kill an estimated 80 endangered whales a year off of the West Coast.

Innovative New Whale Detection System Aims to Prevent Ships From Striking Animals

A young male in Lassen County, California, wears a collar that transmits his location. He was in a litter of four pups born in the area in 2019.

The Wolf That Discovered California

A wandering albatross (<i>Diomedea exulans</i>) taking off for flight, carrying a GPS tracker that can detect radar emitted from ships.

Albatrosses Outfitted With GPS Trackers Detect Illegal Fishing Vessels

Recent Articles

Established in 2019, Indiana Dunes National Park represents one of the most understated successes of 20th-century conservation—and the battle is far from over today.

Inside the Fight to Save the Indiana Dunes, One of America's Most Vulnerable National Parks

African wild dogs are skilled hunters.

Endangered Wild Dogs Rely on Diverse Habitat to Survive Around Lions

Saima Sidik

The most recent additions to the scimitar-horned oryx herd at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are two calves borne from an improved artificial insemination method.

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Two New Scimitar-Horned Oryx Calves Born Through Improved Methods of Artificial Insemination

The fuzz of the fingernail-sized rosy maple moth may remind you of a teddy bear.

These Moths Are So Gorgeous They 'Put Butterflies to Shame'

Shi En Kim; Photographs by Carla Rhodes

A seabird known as the white tern or Manu-o-Kū has surprised birders by taking up residence in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.

Meet the White Tern, a Seabird Surprisingly Thriving in a Big City

Joe Spring, Photography by Melody Bentz, Hakai

Orange scalefin anthias fish swarm in front of a fire coral in the Red Sea's Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Egypt.

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Will the Oceans of 2030 Brim With Reef Robots and Other Fancy Stuff?