Biodiversity

Conservationists are working to preserve eastern Montana’s intact prairie and return its assemblage of native wildlife.

Scientists “tromp out there into far-away places” to learn how to help recover three elusive, high-mountain predators: wolverines, Canada lynx and Cascade red foxes. 

New international agreements are a step in the right direction, but the real work to ensure robust and equitable protections is just beginning. 

A swing from drought to heavy snow and rain has been a mixed blessing for the West’s plants and animals.

As Antarctica faces a host of human-caused threats, a marine biologist calls for action.

New research shows we’ve long underestimated the environmental benefits from kelp forests. Now these important ecosystems are threatened.

Numerous global reforestation efforts are underway, but research suggests getting long-term benefits is harder than it looks, and some projects can do more harm than good.

New research shows when human actions started to fragment elephant habitat in Asia and how that could help conservation efforts.

An unconventional gathering helped spur ideas to speed the pace and scale of river restoration projects across the West.

As new technologies supercharge the field of bioacoustics, researchers can better listen to environmental changes — and use the information to guide conservation efforts.