Conservation

The unexpected announcement reverses a plan to move people out of critical protected habitats — and puts the nation’s amazing biodiversity at risk.

Researcher Emily Francis explains how the coast redwoods and sequoias fared during California’s drought and what that means for future climate resilience.

The removal of the Edwards Dam on Maine’s Kennebec River helped river conservationists reimagine what’s possible.

The gigantic Ozark hellbender salamander is in trouble in the wild, but one zoo — and a hard-working team — is helping to boost its populations.

The ancestors of the newly described Heath’s tick date back to the time of the dinosaurs, but climate change and invasive species could soon wipe the tick out.

Healthy parasites are one sign of a healthy ecosystem, but there’s a lot more to them than that.

Alex Dehgan’s new book The Snow Leopard Project details successful strategies for conserving endangered wildlife — and helping people in the process.

The deeply unpopular plan would benefit a few rich oil companies while threatening people, wildlife and the climate.

2018 was the second-deadliest year on record for the threatened species — and humans are responsible.

Carcharhinus obsolerus (that’s Latin for “extinct”) swam in the waters of the western Pacific, but it hasn’t been seen in 80-plus years.