Conservation

July 22, 2021 — For years, an obscure budget provision has blocked the federal government from protecting the fast-declining birds. That may be about to change.

July 16, 2021 — Carrol Henderson rescued Minnesota's Peregrine Falcons and Trumpeter Swans. Can he save this heron rookery before it's too late?

July 15, 2021 — USDA announces a new strategy to protect old-growth trees that are important to local communities, birds, and the planet.

July 14, 2021 — In 2019 a Mexican island that harbors 95 percent of the world’s Black-vented Shearwaters received an unwanted vermin visitor. To nab the interloper, Isla Natividad’s human inhabitants had to get creative.

July 13, 2021 — Thousands of species exist in a liminal space of conservation—they haven't been seen in a long time, but that doesn't mean they are extinct. Groups hope to crowdsource more rediscoveries.

July 7, 2021 — Each year more people die while attempting to protect the world’s most biodiverse places. It’s a trend poised to devastate the planet itself. How can we stem the rising tide of attacks to ensure a safer future for us all?

June 23, 2021 — The endangered subspecies has been in trouble for two decades, but recent data suggests the bird's population is booming in the wild.

June 22, 2021 — Line 3, a comparable project to the canceled Keystone XL pipeline, runs counter to the president's stated climate and environmental goals.

June 17, 2021 — With a full clutch of four eggs, the pair are yet another sign of the endangered species' rebound in the Great Lakes region.

June 17, 2021 — Lawyers will take a major step this month toward putting environmental destruction on the same level as war crimes and genocide.