Rewilding

Volunteers turned out in force to welcome beavers back to degraded mountain meadows.

In a world that feels increasingly at odds, Kenya’s Baringo giraffes showcase how a common cause can unite communities.

Western monarchs face myriad threats. A network of advocates is doing everything they can to mitigate the dangers and unravel mysteries about monarch movements and behavior.

From tiny seeds come big results: replanting seagrass meadows that help fish, protect coastlines, and absorb climate-heating carbon dioxide.

These howling good books examine how we’ve persecuted wolves, how we’ve helped to restore them, and how they embody humanity’s relationship with nature.

As the fish swim back to places they haven’t reached for more than a century, scientists will watch for signs of the watershed’s recovery.

Russia’s bombing of Kakhovka Dam in 2023 killed hundreds of people and tens of thousands of animals, but it’s also provided a potential ecological reset.

More than 50 years after the fall of Portugal’s dictatorship, the authoritarian regime still casts a long shadow over this wildfire-prone country.

This month’s best and worst environmental stories also include a rebounding lynx, a climate lawsuit boom, and a spa for frogs.

Citizen scientists are helping restore the ecosystem engineers to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.