Wild Hope

Dogs are sniffing out dwindling populations of koalas and helping scientists eliminate invasive foxes that devastate native sea turtle populations.

Scientists and farmers in Mexico City are working together to conserve the axolotl. Another team is partnering with salamander-breeding nuns to save a closely-related species—the achoque.

Deforestation on Mozambique’s Mount Gorongosa threatens the watershed of Gorongosa National Park. Park experts and local farmers are planting coffee to restore the forest.

After a dam removal on Washington’s Elwha River, scientists are chronicling a story of ecological rebirth. Recovering salmon populations are transferring critical nutrients from the ocean into the forests, enriching the entire ecosystem.

Ecuador became the first country to enshrine the “rights of nature” in its constitution—granting wild species legal rights to exist. Today, conservationists are using it to save biodiversity hotspots.

Scientists, soldiers, and landowners collaborate to save the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker at a North Carolina army base.

The return of beavers to the British countryside is boosting biodiversity, reducing storm-induced flooding, and restoring wilderness to an over- manicured landscape.

Oysters are at the heart of the effort to restore the polluted New York Harbor and protect the city from climate change.