Habitat Destruction

The Biden administration has an opportunity — and a responsibility — to help save the coastal ecosystems that protect us.

Planting milkweed can help monarch butterflies, but new research shows that there’s still a lot we can learn about how to do that effectively.

Dozens of frogs, fish, orchids and other species — many unseen for decades — may no longer exist due to humanity’s destructive effects on the planet.

Alabama’s Mobile River basin has the most aquatic biodiversity in the country. But we’re in danger of losing it before we even know what’s there.

The United States must grapple with a legacy of 90,000 dams, many unsafe or unwanted.

Heat, drought and water policy have created a slow-motion catastrophe at a refuge on the California-Oregon border.

The new book Cougar Conundrum looks at the “ecosystem services” argument for convincing predator-wary people to appreciate big cats.

As scary as wildfires are for people living near them, burned forests create some of the most biodiverse ecosystems.

Wolves often get the blame for killing caribou in Canada’s boreal forests, but the real threat is human activity, new research finds.

Areas with natural buffers from the effects of climate change could play a vital role in conservation efforts. New research helps to better understand them.