Conservation

February 07, 2019 — Some projects are behind and others will be missed entirely. Meanwhile, everyone is wondering whether another shutdown is around the bend.

February 05, 2019 — Officials are working hard to contain the disease, but they worry that future outbreaks could be worsened by the sea’s continued deterioration.

February 01, 2019 — Scientists with Audubon California dug deep into science to develop a calculator to find out.

January 16, 2019 — Gavel in hand, the new House Natural Resources chairman is ready to take on industry and work to restore protections for birds and public lands.

January 15, 2019 — The rarity popped up at the Beijing Zoo earlier this month, revealing a booming Chinese birding scene.

January 15, 2019 — Emails show that, at BP’s request, EPA handed control of the Anaconda Copper Mine to Nevada, sidelining tribes and residents who fear they'll never have clean water.

January 09, 2019 — A government report claims that extracting 120 million barrels of oil from the Arctic Ocean will lower global carbon emissions. Economists disagree.

January 04, 2019 — The public can now weigh in on the Trump administration's analysis of how oil development will affect birds and wildlife on Alaska's coastal plain.

December 21, 2018 — Dead American Oystercatchers on Brazilian beaches were loaded with plastic, hinting that the world’s pollution problem isn’t just far out at sea.

December 21, 2018 — Paddling along the refuge's coastal plain reveals how oil development threatens one of the nation's last truly wild places.