Story Search Results

Advanced Search

There are so many ways to search the solutions journalism stories in this database. Explore our searchable fields:

Search Results

You searched for: -

There are 177 results for your search. View and Refine Your Search Terms

Scientists are getting creative to save this muppet-faced, flightless parrot

Sarah Feldberg

March 05, 2019 |

National Geographic |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: New Zealand, Codfish Island

Scientists, volunteers, and rangers are working around the clock to save the endangered kakapo, a native New Zealand bird. With only 147 of these charismatic birds left in the world, they’re taking a multi-pronged, highly technological approach. Efforts include smart transmitters that track every bird and when they’re mating, artificial inseminations, and hatching fertile eggs in captivity while mothers sit on 3D-printed smart eggs.

Read More
Go to Original Story
The Last Wolves

Jaymi Heimbuch Will Burrard-Lucas

February 27, 2019 |

bioGraphic |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ethiopia

Vaccination against diseases such as rabies and canine distemper virus in dogs can have positive effects on public health and biodiversity. In Ethiopia, diseases spread from semi-feral dogs threaten communities of the endangered Ethiopian wolf. The non-profit Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Program (EWCP) partners with the government as well as numerous international partners to inoculate dogs and educate villages in public health awareness. EWCP has also undertaken vaccination programs for populations of wolves, as well.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Citizen Science Comes of Age

Alastair Bland

February 19, 2019 |

Hakai Magazine |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Australia, Tasmania

As climate change accelerates, there is a growing need for scientific data to track and respond to the changes in our environment. Unburdened by the stress of academia or funding, volunteer citizen scientists are stepping in to fill the gaps. A citizen science group in Australia called Reef Life Survey says that trained volunteers help set a baseline of information on things such as water temperature that can be referred back to later. They also have many eyes gathering data over a long period of time, allowing more minute data to be recorded as well as getting data from the edges of studied territories.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Resurrecting the Greenback, Take Two

Lindsay Fendt

February 07, 2019 |

bioGraphic |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

Fish conservation, in the rural streams of the Western United States, requires a remarkable amount of ongoing human intervention. Take the greenback cutthroat trout, Colorado's state fish. The greenback is bred in labs as part of a delicate effort to restore it to its native habitat. But in the wake of a 30 year conservation misstep, due to mistaken identity, scientists are undecided on the best path forward.

Read More
Go to Original Story
How Nepal Doubled its Tiger Population

Tom Colls Amelia Martyn-Hemphill

February 05, 2019 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

“If we protect one tiger, all the landscape is protected,” says a park warden in Nepal whose job is to ensure the longevity of the tiger population--and it has worked. In the last ten years, the Bengal tiger population in Nepal has doubled. By working to balance the ecosystem through protecting surrounding animals and vegetation, the balanced ecosystem approach has allowed the tiger population to thrive, while also supporting tourism revenue in local economies.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Facial recognition for chimps searches the internet for stolen baby apes

Adele Peters

January 17, 2019 |

FastCompany |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Facial recognition technology is now being used to crack down on illegal poaching of chimpanzees, an endangered species. By adapting algorithms for human recognition into a prototype, researchers are hoping to find and protect chimpanzees and other animals that are being illegally traded.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Solar Farms Shine a Ray of Hope on Bees and Butterflies

Jodi Helmer

January 14, 2019 |

Scientific American |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

As farmland is converted to space for solar panels, researchers are planting native wildflowers amongst the technology to support populations of bees and other insects facing endangerment. While it's not the only solution needed to reverse the decline of pollinating species, as seen in the past decade, planting them in solar sites are a useful start.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Former British intelligence specialists training network of spies to save Rhinos and Elephants

Dom Nicholls

January 12, 2019 |

The Telegraph |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Malawi

The illegal wildlife trade is consistently a big problem across Africa. To help tackle the issue of poachers, a company called Retarius uses counter-terrorist operations experience by training and mentoring locals involved in the prevention fight. The program is still growing and takes place in Malawi, Cameroon, Benin, and Zambia. In Malawi specifically, the training has resulted in 114 arrests made and 1000 kgs of ivory seized in 2018.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Where the Rainforest Meets the Road

Kate Schimel

January 08, 2019 |

bioGraphic |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Papua New Guinea

In northeastern Papua New Guinea, community leaders and the government set aside 360,000 hectares of the Managalas Plateau as a protected conservation area in 2017. The project has strong local support. But facing destructive resource extraction and land use, conservation's longevity hangs on whether the community can create markets for sustainable agriculture, as well as workable infrastructure.

Read More
Go to Original Story
New Tracking Technology Reveals Hidden Animal Migration Routes

Kristen A. Schmitt

January 08, 2019 |

Smithsonian |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Pinedale, Wyoming

Aided by advanced GPS collar technology, scientists in Wyoming are mapping herd animal movement as they migrate across the state. Such efforts have helped planners and conservationists remove barriers and weigh development projects in accordance with the data, and such efforts are spreading to other areas in the Western United States.

Read More
Go to Original Story