Biodiversity & Conservation

The Thriving Coral Reef That ‘Defeated Time’ in West Africa

By Johnny Sturgeon

Tribes and Environmental Groups Push Back on Trump Rule to Diminish Habitat Protections for Endangered Species

By Kiley Price

A Shark-Feeding Ban Exposes a Deeper Fight Over Florida’s Changing Seas

By Kate Waxman

Will Trump’s Handoff of Grizzly Management to States Lead to More Dead Bears?

By Steven Rodas

Fracking Ban in the Delaware River Basin Survives a Republican Challenge (For Now)

By Jon Hurdle

Bay Program Delays Decision on Tribes’ Place in Chesapeake Agreement

By Aman Azhar

Trump Again Shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, This Time by Much More

By Wyatt Myskow

Herring and Herons: Signs of the Charles River’s Vast Improvement

By Derrick Z. Jackson

Florida Regulators Stood by as Dozens of Sloths Died, New Records Reveal

By Katie Surma, Kiley Price

A Court Ruling Leaves Some of New York’s Most Important Wetlands Unprotected

By Madeline Shaw

Climate Change Is Helping an Invasive Predator Wreak Havoc on Iconic Alaskan Fish

By Paula Dobbyn

Despite Decades of Warnings, British Fish Stocks Are Collapsing

By Johnny Sturgeon

Dam Removal Efforts Lead to a Stunning Comeback for Maine’s Alewives

By Sydney Cromwell

New Gold Exploration Revives Old Fears for Montana’s Blackfoot River

By Mosabber Hossain

The Spectacular Regrowth of New England’s Forests

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Rights of Nature Laws Are Coming Up Against Legal Systems Designed for Destruction

By Katie Surma

Offshore Oil and Gas Rush Threatens Whale Corridors and Coral Reefs

By Teresa Tomassoni

Federal Officials Say an Endangered Wetland Plant Is Recovering. Not Everyone Agrees.

By Madeline Shaw