Conservation

Science helps us understand the threats we face, but bold policies to fight climate change and extinction depend on our language, art, and experience with the natural world.

Conservationists in Namibia have found the fate of people and cheetahs are closely intertwined — and so are solutions to help both.

This elusive predator’s stripes act as camouflage, but that’s not enough to protect them from poachers and habitat loss.

Conservationists agree that Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands are an ecologically important area, but how to protect them isn’t as simple.

Wildlife ecologist Bruce McLellan lived in the remote Flathead Valley in Canada and followed some bears for upwards of 30 years. 

This little-known neotropical megafauna offers hope for boosting conservation and fighting climate change.

The world’s largest land mammals are finding ways to navigate a landscape that’s becoming increasingly developed.

These unique ecosystems face threats from invasive species, development and pollution.

The popular app can help you identify species, but its global community of naturalists is contributing even more to biodiversity protection.

In 2023 wild animals stretched boundaries, set records, and inspired conservation across the world.