Biodiversity & Conservation

A New Tropical Forest Fund Will Pay Countries, Locals and Indigenous Tribes to Protect Their Trees

Interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Trump’s Plans to Expand Offshore Drilling Meet Bipartisan Opposition

By Keerti Gopal

Congress Axes Biden-Era Protections That Shielded Alaskan Wetlands From Drilling

By Carl David Goette-Luciak

As COP30 Unfolds in the Amazon, Brazil Is Drilling for Oil Near the Great Amazon Reef System

By Teresa Tomassoni

In Florida, Manatee Deaths Edge Up Slightly in 2025

By Amy Green

Trump Administration Moves to Weaken Federal Protections for Waterways and Wetlands

By Aidan Hughes

Deadly in Small Doses: New Research Shows the Lethal Effects of Ingested Plastic on Marine Animals

By Teresa Tomassoni

Ecuador’s Voters Protect Rights of Nature, Reject Proposal to Rewrite Constitution

By Katie Surma

What Chicago’s Boulevards Reveal about Community, Climate Change and Inequality

By Yiannis Mastoras

A Patch of Indigenous Land, Rich in Metals, Pits Prominent Miner and Native Owners Against Conservationists

By Max Graham, Northern Journal

A Proposed Alabama Data Center Faces New Hurdles: A ‘Road to Nowhere’ and the Birmingham Darter

By Lee Hedgepeth, Dennis Pillion

Rare Sightings of Critically Endangered Vaquita Spark Cautious Optimism About the Species’ Ability to Recover

By Teresa Tomassoni

Inside the Fight to Stop the Illegal Trade Driving the Vaquita Porpoise Toward Extinction

By Teresa Tomassoni

ConocoPhillips Wants to Explore for Oil in an Arctic Wilderness

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Can Arizona Maintain Its Drought Response as Water and Money Dry Up?

By Wyatt Myskow

Raw Sewage Sneaking Into West Hawaii’s Coastal Waters Threatens Coral Reefs and Public Health, Scientists Find

By Jaylan Sims

Amid National Wolf Debate, California Kills Four of the Predators After ‘Unprecedented’ Livestock Attacks

By Kiley Price

Protecting Puffins in Maine Is an Emotional Commitment

By Derrick Z. Jackson, The Equation