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A Killer's Charm
The story of a marine predator that has inspired both fear and fascination for generations.
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The Night Watch
In Playa Grande, Costa Rica, more than 20 years of egg poaching consumed a generation of leatherback sea turtles.
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Save the Forest for the Trees
Deforestation is Threatening Critical Ecosystems Around the World
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Mongolia: ‘A Place Full of Treasures’
In September 2015, photographer Kofi Opoku-Ansah and his girlfriend Kim traveled to Mongolia on Earthwatch’s Wildlife of the Mongolian Steppe expedition.
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Declining Leopard Populations in South Africa Prompt a Call to Action for Earthwatch
In November 2015, Earthwatch Research Director D…
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A “Peak” at the Importance of Mountain Ecosystems
Bernat Claramunt Lopez is Earthwatch’s lead scientist for the expedition “Wildlife in the Changing Andorran Pyrenees.” Bernat works with volunteer teams to assess the impact of…
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From Los Angeles to the Arctic Tundra: a Teacher Transformed
Steve Lux has been a math and science teacher in the Los Angeles area for 28 years…
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Is the Sun Setting on Rhinos?
Widespread poaching is decimating rhino populations. Join us in the fight to save this species.
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Looking for Lions
Lloyd Figgins—arthwatch’s Global Safety Manager—recently returned from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, where he joined the Exploring Lions and Their Prey in Kenya expeditio…
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Growing greens and going green in Mexico’s wetlands
In May, Carly Toyzan, an EY Earthwatch Ambassador, traveled to Xochimilco, Mexico, to support local farmers with their businesses while monitoring water quality and promoting su…
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Bees and Butterflies in a Biodiversity Hotspot
The greater Himalaya region is home to the charismatic but endangered snow leopards, red pandas, blue sheep, more than 1,500 species of plants, and the native honeybees that pol…
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Changing Lives, Protecting the Planet
When I was a little boy, my mother would take me on regular trips to see the life-like dioramas of the African Hall of Mammals at the Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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An Eruption of Citizen Science in Nicaragua
The story of a volunteer’s innovative contribution to volcano research.
