Fresh Water

A new book asks, “Can we feed the world without destroying it?” The answers might surprise you.

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.

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

Scientists have found that many inland waterways are getting saltier, and that’s helping to mobilize heavy metals and other chemicals from the soil, creating potentially dangerous combinations.

New analysis reveals that we have much less water in our aquifers than we previously thought — and the oil and gas industry could put that at even greater risk.

We’ll have to contend with new limits to the Clean Water Act, growing threats from climate change and fixing our aging infrastructure.

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.

After decades of rumors and searches, the existence of a two-foot-long amphibian called “the reticulated siren” has finally been confirmed.

A newly discovered plant genus could be wiped out by dams and mining. Could giving it a name save it from extinction?