Conservation

In Zimbabwe, traditional conservation methods offer new hope for this heavily trafficked, reclusive, and shy animal.

Plant repositories provide crucial links between plants, botanists, and the rest of us. But their already-shrinking budgets face new threats from the Trump administration.

From chimpanzees and wolves to snakes and starlings, these new books capture hidden truths about fascinating species — and reveal how to better protect them.

A potential titanium mine threatened the famous swamp — until activists and local journalists stepped in.

New research into the turtle-meat trade reveals that assumptions and unsubstantiated claims could hurt conservation efforts.

Assigning human qualities to animals is dangerous for them — and for us.

A two-year effort by hundreds of science and conservation experts from 158 countries reveals the latest shark conservation statistics, while providing insight into the process to protect large groups of species.

From a collection set in a landfill to an author’s cultural exploration of a critically endangered species, these books celebrate Earth and mourn its destruction.

This is how hedgehogs coexist with us in the urban environment. Their time is when most of us are sleeping; their place is in the gaps and disregarded spaces of our busy city lives.

Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks…if they pass.