Conservation

The Amazon's Blazing Fires Are Squeezing Habitat for Imperiled Birds
September 09, 2019 — The fires are not natural to the ecosystem—and add fuel to mounting threats that birds already face in the region.
Sage-Grouse Experts Sound the Alarm Over Plunging Population
September 05, 2019 — New data show the imperiled bird’s numbers in a nosedive as the federal government continues to ease protections and sell off habitat.
There’s a Growing Political Push To Make More Buildings Bird-Safe
August 30, 2019 — In Congress, state legislatures, and some of our biggest cities, policies to prevent deadly collisions are gaining ground.
The Secret Lives of Swallow-tailed Kites
August 27, 2019 — Satellite tags are helping us better understand the nesting behaviors and migrations of these agile raptors, which hunt, drink, and bathe on the wing.
Alaska’s Big Fire Seasons Are a ‘New Normal’ and Reshaping the Landscape
August 23, 2019 — After wildfires, grasslands and deciduous woodlands are replacing evergreen boreal forest and transforming the state's terrain and ecology.
First Nations and Canada Partner to Establish Protection of 6 Million Acres
August 22, 2019 — The more than 10 million birds that rely on this land will have a protected home to return to each spring for years to come.
A Controversial Minnesota Mine Finds New Life Under President Trump
August 21, 2019 — The Interior Department recently approved a project previously deemed too great an environmental risk in the bird-rich Boundary Waters wilderness.
Science Loses Ground to Economics With New Endangered Species Act Rules
August 12, 2019 — The Trump administration's decision to weaken the widely supported law has drawn sweeping condemnation from conservationists.
New Plan for Bears Ears National Monument Draws Fire over Tree-Clearing
August 09, 2019 — The government says uprooting piñon-juniper forest with heavy chains improves public lands in the West, but the science is sketchy.
The Ghosts of Gone Birds Haunts an Odd and Endangered Beetle
August 09, 2019 — After centuries of losing countless birds and other small animals, a spiral of ecological consequences has taken its toll on American burying beetles.