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This “living fossil” has survived in the South American Andes for millennia, but now faces an uncertain future due to climate change, fires, and voracious European animals.

As mining interests expand in northern Sweden, Indigenous Sámi communities face existential threats. But a sustainable and just alternative exists — urban mining.

Science has helped improve management and restoration, but advocates say there still isn’t enough water to go around.

A rural Arizona border town came together to do whatever they could to protect the land.

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