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Five Years Into a Fishing Ban, the Yangtze River Is Teeming With Life

A doubling of fish biomass along Asia’s longest river shows hope for large-scale conservation efforts and a lifeline for the endangered finless porpoise.

By Johnny Sturgeon

Finless porpoises play in the Yangtze River waters of Yichang City, China, on April 22, 2025. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images
A wood stork carries fresh nesting material across the Wakodahatchee Wetlands on Jan. 21 in Delray Beach, Fla. Credit: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Trump Administration to Finalize Protections for 11 South Florida Plants and Animals

By Amy Green

A young humpback whale swims with its mother in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean near the island of Rurutu in the Austral archipelago of French Polynesia. Credit: Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images

How a ‘Powerful Vision’ on Whales and Oceans Could Change Worldviews

By Katie Surma

An African elephant moves through the Cuando River in Angola. Credit: Kostadin Luchansky/National Geographic

One of Africa’s Most Important Water Sources Just Got Some Very Good News

By Katie Surma

What looks like hundreds of logs and tree branches are piled up in the village near damaged homes.

Indonesia Revokes Permit for Chinese-Built Dam Threatening Ape Species

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A Jambato harlequin toad is seen at the Jambatu Center for Amphibian Research and Conservation in San Rafael, Ecuado. Credit: Rodrigo Buendia/AFP via Getty Images

In Ecuador’s Battle of Toad vs. Road, Toad Wins

By Katie Surma

A view of restored oxbow wetland in Johnston, Iowa. Credit: Anika Jane Beamer/Inside Climate News

To Save An Endangered Prairie Fish, Dried-up Iowa Wetlands Get New Life

By Anika Jane Beamer

An Ecuadorian squirrel monkey in the trees of Yasuni National Park in Ecuador. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Countries Want Debt Relief for Conservation. Is China Ready to Play a Role?

By Katie Surma, Georgina Gustin

Oceanic whitetip sharks just received the highest of protections offered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. All international trade of the species is now strictly prohibited. Credit: Renata Romeo

Sharks and Rays Gain Landmark Protections as Nations Move to Curb International Trade

By Teresa Tomassoni

A Puffin delivers sand lance to a chick on Maine’s Seal Island. Credit: Derrick Jackson/The Equation

Protecting Puffins in Maine Is an Emotional Commitment

By Derrick Z. Jackson, The Equation

The E.O. Wilson Land Between the Rivers Preserve includes cypress swamps holding some of the largest known trees in Alabama. Credit: Hunter Nichols/TNC

Alabama’s E.O. Wilson Land Between the Rivers Preserve Is a ‘Place That Time Forgot’

By Dennis Pillion

The Green River makes its way to Flaming Gorge reservoir near the border of Utah and Wyoming. Credit: Trout Unlimited

Wyoming’s Draft Pilot Conservation Program ‘a Good Starting Point’ but There’s Room for Improvement

By Jake Bolster

Government Shutdown Could Disrupt Timing of Crucial Conservation and Wildfire Efforts

By Kiley Price

Jane Goodall’s Final Message: ‘Don’t Give Up’

By Kiley Price

An AI-generated humpback whale (left) is seen next to an actual photo of a humpback whale. This hyperrealistic duplicate shows how far generative AI has come, experts say. Credit: Duke MaRRS Lab

Could These ‘Deepfake’ Whales Aid Conservation Efforts?

By Kiley Price

The northern lights are seen above the Bete Grise Wetlands Preserve in Keweenaw County, Mich. Credit: Chris Guibert/Keweenaw Mountain Lodge

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Stargazing Sheds Light on the Dark Sky Movement

By K.R. Callaway

An oil and gas operation on leased public land in Kerns County, California. Credit: John Ciccarelli/BLM

Trump Administration Moves to Dismantle Conservation as an Official Use of Public Lands

By Anika Jane Beamer

U.S. Bans on Certain Foreign Fish Imports Could Help Conserve Marine Mammals Worldwide, Experts Say

By Kiley Price

The Paint Rock Forest Research Center’s Nathan Paris and Gabriel Sullivan-Brugger rope off a census block to map tree locations in the Alabama valley. Credit: Beth Maynor Finch

Alabama Research Center Works to Understand ‘One of the Last Great Wild Places’

By Lanier Isom

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