Conservation Maven

Explore.org features Denise Herzing, researcher of Atlantic spotted dolphins.

Dr. Peter Petokas and research team hunt for the threatened eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis).

Bloodybelly comb jelly in deep sea, via Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

Underwater eruption at West Mata Volcano. Courtesy of NSF and NOAA.

Using cave gates to protect endangered bats in Missouri. Courtesy of the Department of Conservation.

Scientists census 17,500+ species and counting in the Census of Marine Life.

300,000 starlings in the sky over Denmark.

Hatching of a desert tortoise in wide screen.

Multi-organization project. The Nature Conservancy, Coral Restoration Foundation, Mote Marine Lab, et al.

Rare footage from the British Antarctic Survey of albatrosses on Bird Island, off the coast of South Georgia in the Atlantic Ocean.

Save the Bay conducts eel grass restoration at Kings Beach, Newport, Rhode Island.

Absolutely amazing footage of Macropina microstama from the fine folks at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

USGS video in Glacier National Park, Montana triggered by remote sensor. Very cool.

First non-human example of an animal correctly using 3 tools in sequence without training. From a study in PLoS ONE.