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

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

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

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Patches of forest surrounded by roads, cleared areas, and areas being burned

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

With a habitat of just 2-3 acres, the entire Hendrix’s liveforever species could be wiped out by a single tractor.

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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.

collage of wolf book covers

These howling good books examine how we’ve persecuted wolves, how we’ve helped to restore them, and how they embody humanity’s relationship with nature.

A seal stares straight into the camera on a sandy beach

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.

Storm surges and sea-level rise damage sanitation systems and threaten ecosystems and human health. We need to take this risk seriously.

An extreme closeup of a gold, red and gray tick against a black background

This endangered invertebrate is harmless to humans — and rabbits. Saving it from extinction might even benefit both species.

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

A collection of balls from various sports, of multiple colors

As teams travel thousands of miles to compete, the cost to the planet rises. But sports offer a unique opportunity to advocate for sustainable experiences.

Looking up on twisty trees against a blue sky

Park boundaries can’t protect against everything, and the trees that give the reserve its name remain threatened by climate change, fire, and an invasive fungus.

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