Forests

A movement to protect quiet places is gaining steam on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, but it has to contend with the Navy’s growing fleet of “Growler” jets.

An indigenous resistance is leading the fight to protect Central America's rivers from an onslaught of dams that threaten the region's rich biodiversity.

Ecologist Jodi Hilty explains what conservationists have learned about linking critical habitat areas together.

Products marketed to kill rodents are instead threatening the lives of the wildlife that eat them as poisons travel up the food chain.

What border communities really need are solutions to address economic, health and climate problems — and the mesquite tree can help.

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.

Two western states have launched new challenges to the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which helps protect some of the country’s most important public lands.

Protecting the planet from climate change and extinction depends on similarly protecting indigenous peoples, according to several new reports.

Wildfire expert and Arizona State University professor Stephen Pyne answers five burning questions.