Biodiversity & Conservation

20,000 Salmon Return to the Klamath—but Challenging Conditions for Recovery Remain

In the two years since dam removal on the Klamath River in California and Oregon, fall-run chinook salmon have come back in full force, but water allotments, remaining dams and drought conditions still pose challenges for recovery.

By Claire Barber

A Global Gathering to Tackle the Planet’s Soil Crisis Is Underway in Mongolia

By Georgina Gustin

More than 50 Sloths Died at a Florida Wildlife Attraction. Officials Say No Crime Occurred.

By Katie Surma, Kiley Price

China’s Solar Buildout Hampers Bird Diversity

By Phil McKenna

As Seas Rise, Scientists Race to Save Coastal Marshes From Drowning

By Madeline Shaw

NOAA’s New Priorities Put Profits Ahead of Marine Protections

By Johnny Sturgeon

Public Lands Are at the Forefront of Wyoming’s Primaries

By Jake Bolster

As Trump Expands Hunting and Fishing Access on Wildlife Refuges, What Will the Impact Be?

By Wyatt Myskow

Microplastics Found in Mexican Howler Monkeys Living in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

By Andrés Muedano

Wildfires and Extreme Heat Challenge Water Activist’s Attempt to Run the Length of the Colorado River

By Maya McDaniel

Sharks on a Plane

By Johnny Sturgeon

Trump Promotes Commercial Fishing in Protected Pacific Marine National Monuments

By Teresa Tomassoni

Revealing Europe’s Most Critical Wetlands

By Avril Silva

Can New Ranching Practices Help Cattle, Cowboys and Wolves Coexist?

Story and photos by Jake Bolster

The World’s Rarest Great Ape Is Worse Off Than We Thought

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A Fleet Idled by Conflict Is Now Spinning an ‘Ecological Roulette’ Across the World’s Ports

By Kate Waxman

European Fish Are Adapting to Climate Change in Unexpected Ways

By Johnny Sturgeon

California Marine Sanctuaries Face Threats of New Trump-Backed Offshore Oil Leases

By Avril Silva

Inside a Land Deal That Saved the Okefenokee

By Ryan Krugman