Crab behavior suggestive of wound-tending may improve coral tolerance to heat waves.

Satellite records show spectacular vegetation growth coinciding with the first year of the pandemic. Researchers investigated whether lockdowns played a role.

Journals focused on ferns, clams, or coral reefs had proportionally more of their articles cited by the federal government when protecting species than more prominent, higher-impact journals

Animals that hunt in the dark with sonar may not be able to tell junk from squids

Meet the Ocean Synthesis Lab, learn more about its research focus, lab members' experiences in the lab and the opportunities the lab offers Duke students.

Brian Silliman, Rachel Carson Professor of Marine Conservation Biology at Duke, explains why he studies salt marshes in coastal North Carolina: They increase production of seafood, help protect against storms, and clean the air. With climate change causing stress to these organisms, coastal communities are more vulnerable. ”Duke is very active in the conservation and restoration of salt marshes,” says Silliman.

A new study co-authored by Binbin Li and Stuart Pimm outlines what is needed for conservation to benefit both nature and people.

Scientists have created a research framework to incorporate ecological theory – mathematical models and concepts to understand interactions and dynamics of ecosystems – into ecosystem management and planning to more effectively scale restoration and counter rising carbon dioxide emissions globally.

Meet the Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Laboratory, learn more about its research focus, lab members' experiences in the lab and the opportunities the lab offers Duke students.

Marine Protected Areas must be flexible and responsive, not absolute

Come along with us on a journey of renewal and resurgence as we explore how students and scientists are rebuilding nature in viable ways. Discover the transformative initiatives of Duke Restore, where innovation meets conservation and regeneration, restoring the hope of a more sustainable tomorrow.

The return of sea otters, a top predator, to a California estuary is helping slow erosion and restore the estuary’s degraded geology.

The largest analysis yet of African savannah elephant populations shows that conservationists have successfully protected elephants in southern Africa for the last 25 years. However, the pattern varies regionally, with some elephant populations soaring and others still facing large declines. The key to long-term stability appears to be connecting large core areas with neighboring buffer zones, as opposed to well-protected but isolated protected areas known as “fortress conservation.”

Tender shoots of restoration plantings are ‘irresistible little treats for grazers’

As rising global temperatures push Arctic icecaps into retreat, large and small sea creatures and the commercial fishing boats that follow them are migrating northward.