The country offers six important lessons ahead of hosting next year’s United Nations Biological Diversity Convention.

In the wake of Donald Trump’s executive order halting foreign aid, severely imperiled species — and the people protecting ...

As U.S. restrictions tighten, Cuba’s efforts to protect its ecosystems are faltering — with rising deforestation, strained ...

In 2012 a militia murdered two rangers, other officials, and 14 animals at the Okapi Conservation Center. This year brought ...

Hurricanes and alterations to natural hydrology have hammered Florida’s mangroves, but they can be restored. Hurricanes and alterations to natural hydrology have hammered Florida’s mangroves, but they ...

Lost in much of the coverage of the region’s water woes is the ecological crisis caused by prolonged drought, climate warming and development. Lost in much of the coverage of the region’s water woes ...

Materials needed to make the batteries for electric cars and other clean technology is driving interest in deep-seabed mining, and scientists fear the cost to the ocean will be steep. Materials needed ...

All-female ranger teams are an innovative and potentially more effective way to defend wildlife, says the founder of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation. All-female ranger teams are an ...

Here’s why the action is so harmful, how it’s possibly illegal, and why it won’t help struggling fishing communities. Here’s why the action is so harmful, how it’s possibly illegal, and why it won’t ...

A new book investigates the toxic legacy of Hanford, the Washington state facility that produced plutonium for nuclear weapons. A new book investigates the toxic legacy of Hanford, the Washington ...

As their forests disappear, sloths are climbing on dangerous power lines. Veterinarians and rescue centers are developing new techniques to help. As their forests disappear, sloths are climbing on ...

A range of new tactics aim to curb cigarette butt pollution, including groundbreaking legislation that could hold tobacco companies accountable for their products’ waste. A range of new tactics aim to ...