Voices

The U.S. Department of Agriculture killed more than 23,000 beavers last year. There’s a better way to manage our ecosystem engineers.

Bears Ears National Monument’s imperiled fossil heritage holds clues to understanding some of our most urgent questions about climate change.

Farmers don't like living near big predators like leopards, but new research shows the carnivores provide a vital ecological service.

The Interior Department is narrowing protection for migratory birds to cover only deliberate harm such as hunting, but not threats like development or pollution that kill millions of birds yearly.

Recent lawsuits filed to save the monument’s unique fossil heritage may also protect modern wildlife.

Introduced rabbits threatened the unique birds of Chile’s Humboldt Penguin Natural Reserve. But after a century of devastation, hope has returned.

African elephant populations have already fallen from 26 million to 350,000. Is extinction next?

There’s little talk of actually building a physical wall, though, and more discussion of cameras, facial recognition and other technology.

Panda habitats remain heavily fractured, while new research shows breeding centers expose the endangered animals to a hidden yet potentially deadly threat.

A three-day event offered me the opportunity to shape future discussion about global warming and its effects.