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EU legislators are considering a form of regulation that could protect many species from unsafe exploitation — if it’s done right.

Plant repositories provide crucial links between plants, botanists, and the rest of us. But their already-shrinking budgets face new threats from the Trump administration.

New research into the turtle-meat trade reveals that assumptions and unsubstantiated claims could hurt conservation efforts.

Are you ready to organize your first event on behalf of the planet? Here are some great ideas and tips on how to make it successful.

Emily Donovan wants to “make the polluters pay” for what they’ve done to her North Carolina community, and others around the country.

A two-year effort by hundreds of science and conservation experts from 158 countries reveals the latest shark conservation statistics, while providing insight into the process to protect large groups of species.

Our continuing newcomer’s guide to protesting looks at the foundational movements that shape our current and future efforts.

The Dominican Republic aims to modernize its waste-management system. But what will happen to the thousands of people — many of them undocumented — who rely on garbage to survive?

Conservationists in Argentina’s Patagonia region have helped save the country’s most threatened amphibian, the El Rincon stream frog.

Science has helped improve management and restoration, but advocates say there still isn’t enough water to go around.