For decades, the Hawaiian monk seal teetered on the edge of vanishing, a ghost of an ocean once teeming with life. Now the curve is bending upward, and not by accident. A decade of relentless conservation has nudged this rare seal toward a future that finally looks less fragile. Scientists count more animals, communities see ...
The Florida manatee didn’t ask to be famous. Yet over decades of peril and persistence, this slow‑moving herbivore has come to embody the fragile promise of coastal ecosystems and the power of public action. Once a local curiosity, it is now shorthand for clean water, science‑guided policy, and the messy, hopeful work of recovery. The ...
It is amazing that some animals can stay underwater for hours or even months without breathing, even though their bodies are not designed to do so. Fish get oxygen from water through their gills, but marine animals that breathe air need to make amazing changes to their bodies and behavior to live in the deep. ...
Gargi Chakravorty
