Conservation

New and developing technologies are helping to push conservation efforts at a critical time.

Treeline, a new book by Ben Rawlence, explains how climate change is causing far-reaching shifts in one of our most important ecosystems.

California’s stressed blue oak woodlands abound with beauty and teem with uncertainty.

Policymakers can’t hide behind a lack of research anymore when it comes to enacting meaningful conservation measures to protect dwindling wolverine populations.

This heavily exploited species just got a temporary reprieve, but new protections come with a ticking clock.

The loss of biodiversity around the planet comes with very human costs, I tell the hosts of The Silent Why podcast.

The cliff-growing Brighamia insignis was pronounced extinct in the wild in 2020, but it persists thanks to the hard work of botanical gardens and other collections.

This year scientists identified birds, lizards, orchids and other species that have been lost. How many more will follow?

A new study looked at a group of forest lands that hold big conservation potential but aren’t adequately protected.

2021 brought coverage of a wide range of amazing wildlife, along with the threats they face and the solutions to saving them.