Birds

Removing dams is one thing, but thousands of levees also restrict rivers in the United States — and they’re not working as intended.

Writers like Kim Stanley Robinson, Barry Lopez, Sy Montgomery and others celebrate the fragile beauty of this modern world — and address how to help save it.

How can we research animals in the darkness of night, when we can’t even see them properly?

A surge in offshore wind projects has helped make wind power a renewable force.

New research suggests understanding species’ social learning and adaptive strategies can make them partners in their salvation.

Some rivers and lakes wouldn’t be swimmable today without this critical law. But it could use a refresh to help meet our current challenges.

Experts say previous outbreaks should have taught us how to avoid new ones, like the one that’s killing millions of birds right now.

Shrinking tidal flat habitats in eastern China threaten critical stopover sites for migratory shorebirds.

The most remote inhabited island in French Polynesia is the habitat for several rare indigenous plants and animals, but it’s severely threatened by invasive introduced species.

Saving these privately owned grasslands is the key to protecting endangered birds and other unique biodiversity.