Biodiversity & Conservation

Indonesia Revokes Permit for Chinese-Built Dam Threatening Ape Species

The Southeast Asian government announced it was canceling licenses for 28 projects it said had violated permits in provinces hit by flooding last year. It remains unclear whether the move is permanent or will be enforced.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

On Michigan Cherry Farms, Small Falcons Are Improving Food Safety

By K.R. Callaway

Peaceful Protest Against Whaling in Iceland Lands Two Activists in Court

By Teresa Tomassoni

Decades-Old Rule that Allowed Logging on Vast Swaths of US Land Ruled Unlawful by Oregon Court

By Gloria Dickie

How Does Nature Contribute to the Economy? These Environmental Accountants Are Trying to Find Out

By Kiley Price

‘I Am the River’: How Indigenous Knowledge Reshaped New Zealand’s Law

By Katie Surma

The Army Corps of Engineers Wants to Dredge the Cape Fear River. Environmentalists Tally the Costs.

By Lisa Sorg

The Environmental and Cultural Benefits of Restoring the American Prairie

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year

By Johnny Sturgeon

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

By Katie Surma

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

By Anika Jane Beamer

Ten Million Corals Are in the Path of a Federal Dredging Project in Florida

By Teresa Tomassoni

A Network Blooms to Connect Fiber Farmers With Fabric Artisans

By Raeanne Raccagno

Why New York City Is Spending Millions on ‘Bluebelts’

By Lauren Dalban

Now in its 25th Year, a Historic Effort to Save the Everglades Evolves as the Climate Warms

By Amy Green

An Idaho Bird Research Station Rises From the Ashes of a Wildfire

By William von Herff

As Trump Rolls Back Protections For Wetlands, New Jersey Maintains a Higher Standard

By Rambo Talabong

Maine’s Shellfish Harvesters Are Caught up in Climate-Related Closures

By Ben Seal

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff