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

As U.S. restrictions tighten, Cuba’s efforts to protect its ecosystems are faltering — with rising deforestation, strained conservation programs, and growing pressure on protected areas.

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

Volunteers turned out in force to welcome beavers back to degraded mountain meadows.

As ecologists debate what to do about “invasive” swans in New York City, volunteers fight to keep them alive.

The Bali myna once faced extinction from the illegal wildlife trade. An unusual approach may have helped save them.

Earth Day coordinator Denis Hayes grew up in Camas, Washington, surrounded by natural beauty and unchecked pollution.

Really, they do — they just don’t think you want to talk about it. So stop being afraid of pushback, break the “climate silence,” and start a conversation.

Focusing on brightly plumaged and “familiar” birds can leave important conservation questions unanswered — and even put less attractive species at risk.

Bouley’s new project at Macossa-Tambara in Mozambique is part of an effort to double the African lion population by 2050.