Conservation

We understand that insects have both intrinsic value and instrumental value, but even that binary approach falls short.

A new study — the first of its kind — finds that the world’s conservation areas fail to protect hundreds of rare cactus species.

For 50 years the Land and Water Conservation Fund has helped support thousands of projects across the country, but its funding may be gone by the end of the month.

Humans famously used ultralight aircraft to teach cranes to migrate. What has happened since then may offer clues about how to reintroduce other species back to the wild.

Researchers have identified a new tree species in Cameroon, but it only grew in a landscape that has now been destroyed by agriculture.

Books coming out this month also examine the dangerous world of wildlife trafficking, the history of poisonous chemicals and new ideas in agriculture.

To restore Southern Resident killer whales and salmon, we need to look at our dams — and ourselves.

We have five questions for Shelley Silbert, executive director of the advocacy group Great Old Broads for Wilderness.

Current laws further a cycle of poverty while not really protecting rare plants. There’s a way to fix that.

The extinction of the Christmas Island flea — and the current risk to other parasites — shows a major gap in conservation efforts.