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Year: 2023

Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, one of the most visited national parks.
North America

Parks Canada is winning the crowd—study

September 10, 2023

Science has proven it—Canada’s national parks are popular with visitors. But while the parks’ natural beauty is the main factor most responsible for drawing in millions of visitors each year, a new study in an […]

A valley around the tundra area at Rocky Mountain National Park in the morning sun.
North America

Overcrowding compels “timed entry” at Rocky Mountain National Park

September 9, 2023

Timed entry to visit Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado—a bid to control traffic and crowding at the popular destination—will continue until late October, the National Park Service says. RMNP officials also warn that park […]

Aerial View of Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
Oceania

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef inches closer to the “danger” zone

September 8, 2023

The planet’s largest coral reef World Heritage Site has been spared the dreaded “in danger” tag by the World Heritage Committee, but work to protect this natural wonder is far from over. It seems hard […]

Müller's gibbon on the tree in the island of Borneo.
Asia

Parks increase animal diversity beyond their boundaries

September 7, 2023

Large parks on land create biodiversity “spillover” effects similar to marine protected areas, new research shows. Scientists and fisheries managers have long known that marine protected areas—zones where fishing is heavily restricted or banned—become so […]

Marimo is a type of algae found in just a handful of lakes scattered across the world. Lake Akan in Hokkaido, Japan, is one of only four places on Earth where beautifully spherical marimo still occur naturally.
Asia

Researchers in Japan scramble to save one of the world’s weirdest plants

September 5, 2023

Scientists are scrambling to solve the mystery behind the steady disappearance of one of the world’s rarest and strangest plants. Marimo is a type of algae found in just a handful of lakes scattered across […]

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