In Zimbabwe, traditional conservation methods offer new hope for this heavily trafficked, reclusive, and shy animal.

Half a century after the novel’s publication, the Glen Canyon Dam still stands, now home to the world’s largest mud puddle.

New research into the turtle-meat trade reveals that assumptions and unsubstantiated claims could hurt conservation efforts.

Plant repositories provide crucial links between plants, botanists, and the rest of us. But their already-shrinking budgets ...

Activists fought the project on multiple fronts, and won several victories along the way, including convincing the National ...

From chimpanzees and wolves to snakes and starlings, these new books capture hidden truths about fascinating species — and ...

This popular regulation protects 58.5 million acres of national forests and 1,600 at-risk species. The Trump administration wants gut it.

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire. Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented ...

New research reveals a creeping, permanent dryness expanding across the United States. It’s much more than “drought,” and researchers hope more accurate descriptions will spur critical action. New ...

Dozens of frogs, fish, orchids and other species — many unseen for decades — may no longer exist due to humanity’s destructive effects on the planet. Dozens of frogs, fish, orchids and other species — ...

Materials needed to make the batteries for electric cars and other clean technology is driving interest in deep-seabed mining, and scientists fear the cost to the ocean will be steep. Materials needed ...

As funding drops and institutions change, the study of plants appears to be withering on the vine. That’s letting critical skills go extinct. As funding drops and institutions change, the study of ...