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A new study finds that fake science videos get millions of hits on YouTube. But scientists can help fix misinformation about climate change and other scientific topics.

Returning prescribed fire to California forests is the focus of a new climate-adaptation plan from the Karuk Tribe, but the federal government will need to play big role.

USDA’s Wildlife Services often uses “cyanide bombs” to kill animals, but that’s just one of the inhumane weapons in their arsenal.

New wildlife trade rules being discussed at CITES could affect 550 species, including elephants, rhinos and giraffes.

Big-nosed giant guitarfishes and wedgefishes are now the most endangered marine fish group. Will the international community step up to protect them from trade and exploitation?

Changes to regulations about critical habitat and consideration for economic interests threaten to upend more than 45 years of conservation success. But the worst may still be to come.

To keep pace with environmental loss, scientists working to restore tropical reefs have turned their attention to coral reproduction and increasing diversity.

But here’s the good news: New research finds it was actually six different species, and five still exist — for now.

More than 1,500 scientific studies on the health and climate impacts of fracking prove its dangerous effect on communities, wildlife and nature.

Swapping bioplastics for regular plastics isn't necessarily an environmental win — and the reasons are complex.