Habitat Destruction

Books coming out this month also examine endangered languages, the lingering effects of colonialism and how war hurts the environment.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and maybe even a few crazy ideas.

Only one male has turned up at the birds’ breeding grounds this year — and he’s too young to breed.

Conservationists have helped to save North America’s largest bird from extinction, but it’s still important to give every chick a chance to fly free.

YouTube is inspiring viewers across the globe to protect Hawaii’s Laysan albatross — but will that be enough in the face of climate change?

Even before the border wall is built, local business owners and conservationists worry about its impact on tourism and wildlife.

It took a decade of hard work, but one of the world’s most important wildlife corridors is now emerging from the fragmented forests of coastal Brazil.

Thanks to protective efforts in Russia, these critically endangered big cats have renewed hope of avoiding extinction.

The “extinction capital of the world” could start losing unique plant species in as little as a month if funding disappears.

Dozens of these water-filtering species are at risk of vanishing, and that’s bad news for every living creature that relies on them.