Conservation

The captive predator industry threatens the welfare of thousands of big cats kept for entertainment, hunting, and commercial trade of live animals and their body parts.

Two studies of California bird populations show how shifting environments can rewrite animals’ genomes — for better or worse.

With a habitat of just 2-3 acres, the entire Hendrix’s liveforever species could be wiped out by a single tractor.

Bad communication can slow or hinder efforts to protect wild species and spaces. We can fix that.

We don’t always recognize the wild plants and animals living in our concrete jungles. But when we go looking for them, we realize how much there is to protect.

On Yemen’s Socotra island, residents battle poverty, conflict and climate change to help save its prized tree.

Could the Russian invasion of Ukraine lead to worldwide declines in biodiversity? Plus other important conservation and environmental news.

When humans bring new plants to an ecosystem, it can slowly push out the original inhabitants. Research shows us how to identify this threat before plant species become “the living dead.”

As the Russian invasion rages on, two species of crane make their annual migration into ancestral habitats that have become a battlefield.

As their forests disappear, sloths are climbing on dangerous power lines. Veterinarians and rescue centers are developing new techniques to help.