Biodiversity

The U.S. Department of Agriculture killed more than 23,000 beavers last year. There’s a better way to manage our ecosystem engineers.

Thanks to protective efforts in Russia, these critically endangered big cats have renewed hope of avoiding extinction.

David Dunn says we can learn a lot about nature by listening to it — and in some cases, even use sound to heal the natural world.

Farmers don't like living near big predators like leopards, but new research shows the carnivores provide a vital ecological service.

The key to saving elephants and other species may lie in the DNA contained in their droppings, says conservation biologist Samuel Wasser.

The “extinction capital of the world” could start losing unique plant species in as little as a month if funding disappears.

Dozens of these water-filtering species are at risk of vanishing, and that’s bad news for every living creature that relies on them.

Eco-books coming out this April look at the life and death of Cecil the lion, the history of oppressive oil development, and living a zero-waste lifestyle.

Recent lawsuits filed to save the monument’s unique fossil heritage may also protect modern wildlife.

The most famous rhino in the world has died, leaving behind two aging females and a hole in our world.