Conservation

It’s not just the coastlines that are recording climate change. Even the mountains of North Carolina are feeling the heat — including some endangered plants.

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.

Without fungi life on Earth would be unrecognizable. Yet these valuable organisms remain overlooked.

Sharks rarely bite people, so why are so many people afraid of them? It has a lot to do with the media, says shark scientist David Shiffman in a new book.

You aren’t truly a “green” organization if you don’t support every color in the rainbow flag.

April’s best new eco-books look toward solutions to the extinction crisis, climate change, water shortages, environmental justice and more.

Including one we forget far too often.

Researcher Deborah Giles is on the frontlines of efforts to understand — and help protect — critically endangered Southern Residents.

As the world debates the need to protect 30% of the planet’s land and water, research in collaboration with the late conservation biologist shows the importance of long-term support for biodiversity.