nature conservancy

Artists UMI (left) and Louis VI (right) teamed up with the Museum for the United Nations - UN Live to re-release songs with nature sounds for Earth Day.

Music & Culture
Environment

Nature has a mixtape. The U.N. hopes young people will listen to it

2:05pm April 22, 2024

The Museum for the United Nations has partnered with musicians to re-release some of their songs with added nature sounds to generate royalties for conservation efforts.

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The entrance to the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, on Jan. 15, 2019.

National
Politics & Government
Environment

A butterfly conservatory is shutting down due to right-wing harassment

8:37pm February 02, 2022

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, has been embroiled in political turmoil after fighting against the erection of a border wall.

An Aldabra giant tortoise on Curieuse island in the Seychelles.

Science

Seychelles Finds A Novel Way To Swap Its Debt For Marine Protections

5:00pm February 23, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The Indian Ocean nation has brokered a novel deal that is intended to protect nearly one third of its marine area and is thought to be the first of its kind.