Habitat Destruction

Soil’s microbial communities keep it healthy, just like the one in our guts. But new research finds we’re not doing a good enough job of protecting it.

New research compiles the “heat tolerance” of 616 amphibian species — and reveals how much more we need to know.

Humble ponds have a key role to play in fighting climate change and aiding conservation — but only if we protect them.

Lost in much of the coverage of the region’s water woes is the ecological crisis caused by prolonged drought, climate warming and development.

The new book Nowhere Left to Go shows how climate change threatens myriad species. But there are ways we can help.

We know more than ever about the abundance of life in the soil. Now we have to step up to save it.

President Biden made waves with recent actions to boost solar manufacturing, but states have been busy, too.

How can we research animals in the darkness of night, when we can’t even see them properly?

This nature haven, an important area for marine mammals, is losing its luster as developments come at a price to the ecosystem and wildlife.

Shrinking tidal flat habitats in eastern China threaten critical stopover sites for migratory shorebirds.