National Geographic: Wolverines were thought to have disappeared from Utah’s northeastern wilderness due to overhunting and trapping. But images from a 2014 camera trap show that this elusive carnivore may be returning to the area. A conservation group founded by National Geographic Emerging Explorer Gregg Treinish is recruiting ultra-runners to help with the exhaustive search…

Last week, we told you about a competition some surfer scientists have entered a National Geographic contest to get funding for a project to map our reefs. Voting is open until Sept. 29 so we got back in touch with Cliff Kapono and Clinton Edwards for more details on their project, the difficulties of finding…

Our friend and fellow filmmaker Cliff Kapono got in touch to share information about an epic research project he is about to embark on with his fellow surfer/scientist at UC San Diego, Clint Edwards. They are proposing a one year project to visually map the health of the reefs in five locations: Pipeline, Teahupoo, P-Pass, Cloudbreak,…