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Conservation

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Earth Day 2026: What you can to promote conservation

  • Apr 22

Duke Energy urges customers to cut back usage after winter storm

  • Feb 2

RDU looks for input on developing around Lake Crabtree

  • Aug 20, 2025
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Disney celebrates Earth Month with Nat Geo-led ourHOME campaign

  • Apr 1, 2025

Duke Lemur Center in Durham welcomes new member to family

  • Mar 8, 2025

2 new red wolves now call Museum of Life and Science home

  • Oct 22, 2024

Wake County farm worth $2.5M permanently protected from development

  • Jan 12, 2024

VIDEO: Owl tangled in fishing line rescued on Neuse River

  • Jun 13, 2023

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Majestic milestone for a popular Houston Zoo resident

  • Aug 27, 2025
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Historic San Leon reef restoration a first-of-its-kind project in Texas

  • Dec 6, 2023
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Green Foothills guards open spaces in San Mateo, Santa Clara counties for greener future by 2062

  • May 2, 2023
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How the Disney Conservation Fund helps nonprofit Proyecto Tití save cotton-top tamarins

  • Apr 28, 2023
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Dr. Jaret Daniels on saving butterflies and the impact of the Disney Conservation Fund

  • Apr 28, 2023
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Disney Conservation Fund helps Sea Turtle Conservancy and Communities Protect Florida's Sea Turtles

  • Apr 27, 2023
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What are rolling blackouts and why do power companies do them? Duke Energy explains

  • Dec 25, 2022
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Eco-friendly bar helps save white rhinos

  • Nov 22, 2022

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Biden creates national monuments in Nevada, Texas at conservation summit

Biden named Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada and Castner Range National Monument in Texas as the nation's newest monuments during the White House's Conservation in Action Summit at the Interior Department.

  • Mar 21, 2023

Earth Day: Sea turtle program on Bald Head Island helps restore threatened population

A unique program on the North Carolina coast is working to restore the sea turtle population, especially Loggerheads, the main species seen in the state.

  • Apr 22, 2022

Year in Pictures: NatGeo highlights some of the powerful images that captured 2021

"We've come through 2021 feeling like it was quite a rollercoaster with a lot of ups and then some downs."

  • Dec 15, 2021
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Earth Hour 2021: For a brief period, some parts of the world will go dark on March 27

Don't be surprised if you find your neighbors turning off their lights for a full hour Saturday night. They're taking part in a global movement called Earth Hour.

  • Mar 28, 2021

2 baby sea turtles at NC aquarium need you to help name them

The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher wants you to help name two baby loggerhead sea turtles.

  • Dec 14, 2020