The Trump administration has already rolled back planned limits on PFAS chemicals, which have been linked to cancer and other health problems.

The agency supports critical efforts to reduce wildlife trafficking, deforestation, land violence, and other threats around the world.

Previous support and pledges from the United States have helped to slow forest loss in Brazil. Will Trump reverse that progress?

Other new research this month looked at snow leopards, wolves, wildlife crossings, newly discovered species, and … scorpion copulation?

Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran saguaros.

The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.

Evidence from the pandemic found that bighorn sheep populations soared when people weren’t around to disturb them.

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The United Kingdom, a major European player in the global ornamental fish trade, offers a case study of this industry’s problems — and its potential solutions.