Recent lawsuits filed to save the monument’s unique fossil heritage may also protect modern wildlife.

The 196 nations that agreed to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets have just two years to meet auspicious conservation goals. How are we doing?

A new book offers insight into how our public lands were created — and what that means as we fight to protect them today and in the future.

Trump’s proposed budget wipes out funding for numerous programs devoted to climate change, public lands and sustainable energy.

A Republican bill threatens to open up federal wilderness areas to mountain biking — and in the process threatens the 1964 Wilderness Act.

This month’s new books look at America’s disappearing bees, how religion can fight climate change, a pioneering woman scientist and a lot more.

Experts warn this could lead to further threats of violence and “religious war” against federal officials.

Drilling in the refuge was tucked into in last month’s Republican tax bill, defying decades of attempts to protect this pristine wildnerness.

New rules could affect everything from clean power to migratory birds, and they’re just a hint of what’s yet to come.

Stories about Bears Ears, sharks, vaquitas, an extinct bat and the Endangered Species Act resonated with our readers this year.