Plant species are facing unprecedented challenges to their survival, growth, and reproduction due to numerous threats, including anthropogenic factors such as land use change, habitat destruction, climate change, and illegal poaching. The most urgent threats vary by region and species; thus, addressing individual threats to species survival worldwide will require broad knowledge of plant organismal function, ecology, and evolution and the creation of innovative, targeted tools and applications. According to the IUCN, cycads (Cycadales) are the most threatened plant order on Earth and face diverse challenges to their survival. Here, I present a broad overview of my current efforts in cycad conservation across diverse fields including ecology, reproductive biology, forensic chemistry, policy, ecophysiology, and evolution. This work aims to highlight the complementarity of these approaches and identify innovative solutions to aid conservation efforts for this ancient lineage.