Biodiversity

Many of the gray whales found dead this year have suffered from malnutrition. Researchers are rushing to find the cause.

Well, more specifically their footprints. New research finds that elephants create foot-shaped habitats for breeding frogs as they travel through the forest in Myanmar.

Images of chimpanzees and other species appear cute, but they may actually depict animals in dangerous situations. Here’s how to tell what’s safe to share — and how that helps conservation.

The number of confirmed plant extinctions and uncertainty around other species is a concern.

Residents of southern Arizona are protecting jaguar habitat and creating jobs in the hopes that a restoration economy can beat an extraction economy.

Massive traditional fish traps called fish fences catch hundreds of types of fish — many before they’re old enough to reproduce.

A new film from Patagonia explores the threats to wild salmon and asks questions about how we value wild animals.

The Victorian grasslands earless dragon hasn’t been observed for 50 years, but conservationists haven’t given up hope yet.

This month brings new books from Greta Thunberg, Robert Macfarlane, the activists behind Extinction Rebellion and other conservation experts.

A camera detection system is helping the wind energy industry become safer for protected birds, but the technology is still being refined.