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Areas with natural buffers from the effects of climate change could play a vital role in conservation efforts. New research helps to better understand them.

A new study digs into the market for endangered and threatened snakes, revealing threats to both species and human health.

Cash payments from the government could help ease the transition to a climate-safe economy and weather the natural and economic storms to come.

Endangered seabirds can recover, but only if we control feral cats and other non-native predators, new research finds.

Two recent studies find different factors increasing wildfire risk across California and the Pacific Northwest, but the solutions in each location are similar.

Mistakenly presumed extinct for 22 years, the rare Wendlandia angustifolia tree now has an opportunity for priority preservation.

The discovery of a lost plant species highlights the need to protect other endangered species in one of the most biodiverse regions in the United States.

Here’s why the action is so harmful, how it’s possibly illegal, and why it won’t help struggling fishing communities.

New research reveals a creeping, permanent dryness expanding across the United States. It’s much more than “drought,” and researchers hope more accurate descriptions will spur critical action.

The once-common native guava species has nearly vanished — killed off by an invasive fungus that arrived just 10 years ago. Other plant species may soon follow.