To deal with invasive hippos that were brought to Colombia by drug lord Pablo Escobar—and that threaten the country’s biodiversity—the nation’s government is sterilizing, exporting and euthanizing the animals ...
The first fish came to the Great Lakes after glacial retreat created them thousands of years ago. Now those fish are on the move again.
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to fight biodiversity loss by analysing vast amounts of data, monitoring ecosystems and spotting trends over time
A battery-free GPS may change the game for tracking elusive animals
Lions, tigers, bears: this creature sends all of those beasts running for the hills.
Restoring habitats to how they were centuries ago, not years ago, could mean more successful conservation efforts
Researchers have been banned from working in Indonesia’s tropical rain forests after the government disagreed with their scientific conclusions.
Hawaii’s brightly colored honeycreepers are at imminent risk of extinction, and bacteria could be the key to saving them
Wind turbines threaten several bat species, but the Biden administration is funding research to reduce casualties
United Nations secretary-general António Guterres is proposing a $500-billion annual stimulus package to meet the Sustainable Development Goals to preserve the environment and end poverty and hunger...
An experiment at the University of Cambridge highlights the environmental cost of a well-manicured lawn
Scientists analyzed nine so-called planetary boundaries and found humans are currently transgressing six
An expedition has discovered a remote Fijian cave with thousands of microbats thought to be nearly extinct
New habitats that are emerging as mountain glaciers melt away represent huge ecological shifts and present new challenges for conservation
The U.S. Forest Service faces criticism for projecting that forests could become carbon emitters by 2070 instead of continuing as carbon sinks
President Biden is declaring a national monument around the Grand Canyon, protecting lands important to a dozen Native American tribes and prohibiting new uranium mining claims in the region...
Here’s how food loss and waste threaten the planet at every stage, from harvest to consumption
With their stealth, speed and serrated teeth, sharks are predators to be reckoned with. And that’s before factoring in the cocaine some sharks may be eating...
A new USDA report finds forests could become a major emitter of carbon by 2070
Even small deep-sea mining operations can have a significant effect on marine life, a new study has found, just as such mining operations are poised to begin with no industry rules in place...
