Biodiversity & Conservation
Fire Once Helped Sequoias Reproduce. Now, it’s Killing the Groves
By Caroline Marshall Reinhart
Judge Orders Oil and Gas Leases in Wyoming to Proceed After Updated BLM Environmental Analysis
By Jake Bolster
Fossil Fuel Development and Invasive Trees Drive Pronghorn Population Decline in Wyoming
By Najifa Farhat
When a Retired Scientist Suggested Virginia Weaken Wetlands Protections, the State Said, No Way
By Sarah Vogelsong
Lithium Critical to the Energy Transition Is Coming at the Expense of Water
By Wyatt Myskow
Montana Is a Frontier for Deep Carbon Storage, and the Controversies Surrounding the Potential Climate Solution
By Najifa Farhat
In Alabama’s Bald Eagle Territory, Residents Say an Unexpected Mining Operation Emerged as Independence Day Unfolded
By Lee Hedgepeth
Tribes and Environmentalists Press Arizona and Federal Officials to Stop Uranium Mining Near the Grand Canyon
By Noel Lyn Smith
How Good are Re-Planted Mangroves at Storing Carbon? A New Study Puts a Number on It
By Alexa Robles-Gil
As a Nevada Community Fights a Lithium Mine, a Rare Fish and Its Haven Could Be an Ace in the Hole
By Wyatt Myskow
Jaguars, Macaws and Tropical Dry Forest Have a Right To Exist, a Colombian Court Is Told
By Katie Surma
The World’s Sharks Face a Gauntlet of Threats From Marine Heatwaves—and ‘Coldwaves,’ Scientists Say
By Kiley Price
In the South, Sea Level Rise Accelerates at Some of the Most Extreme Rates on Earth
By Amy Green
New NOAA Initiative Will Provide $60 Million in Funding to Train Workers for Green Jobs
By Ruchi Shahagadkar
Attacked on All Sides: Wading Birds Nest in New York’s Harbor Islands
By Lauren Dalban
In North Carolina, Eastern Hellbenders Are a Species of Concern, Threatened by the Vagaries of Climate Change
Story and photos by Lisa Sorg
