Amidst a comeback for the red-cockaded woodpecker — the South’s not-always-welcome neighbor — a new legal status and presidential administration create uncertainty.

The Trump team has launched a three-pronged attack on the environment. We need to understand it if we hope to stand up to it.

Hunting enthusiasts moved species like muskoxen and mountain goats to new environments, but their survival in those faraway lands may help animals in other areas.

Home to important plant and animal species, this mountain and its spectacular views face threats from climate change, wildfires, and the border wall.

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.

The new field of conservation psychology offers valuable lessons for protecting the world’s wildlife — as well as ourselves.

The agency supports critical efforts to reduce wildlife trafficking, deforestation, land violence, and other threats around the world.

The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.

We asked conservation researchers to send us their best papers of 2024. They surprised us with some powerful and important science.

Every year these critically endangered birds perform artistic aerial feats to charm potential mates. But if things don’t change, we may see their last dance soon.