Experts call for action to protect vast areas of the Southern Ocean and help safeguard the shrimp-like crustaceans at the base of the food web.

Conservationists are working to preserve eastern Montana’s intact prairie and return its assemblage of native wildlife.

Scientists “tromp out there into far-away places” to learn how to help recover three elusive, high-mountain predators: wolverines, Canada lynx and Cascade red foxes. 

A swing from drought to heavy snow and rain has been a mixed blessing for the West’s plants and animals.

A new book from water expert Peter Gleick urges a rethinking of how we use, manage and value one of our most important resources.

As Antarctica faces a host of human-caused threats, a marine biologist calls for action.

New research shows we’ve long underestimated the environmental benefits from kelp forests. Now these important ecosystems are threatened.

Numerous global reforestation efforts are underway, but research suggests getting long-term benefits is harder than it looks, and some projects can do more harm than good.

As new technologies supercharge the field of bioacoustics, researchers can better listen to environmental changes — and use the information to guide conservation efforts.

Removing two aging Eel River dams known as the Potter Valley Project would benefit salmon, lamprey and people, but what happens next remains unclear.