Note: Alaska shown at 0.35 scale. See notes about data for details. Source: World Database of Protected Areas Amy O’Kruk/NBC Last year, President Joe Biden set one of the most ambitious conservation ...

Driving north on state Highway 66 through the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in central Montana, it’s easy to miss a small herd of bison lounging just off the road behind an 8-foot fence. Each winter ...

This article originally appeared on The Revelator. As the world faces cascading extinctions and runaway climate change, a growing body of scientific research has found that we should set aside more ...

A man scales a sequoia tree to conduct drought research in Sequoia National Park in 2015. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) Four years after unveiling an ambitious plan to conserve 30% of California's ...

Curichi Las Garzas is a natural refuge where thousands of wood storks (Mycteria americana) arrive each year to reproduce before continuing their journey. Land grabbers have destroyed 300 of the ...

The 782-acre addition was paid for mostly by federal taxes on firearms and ammo - meaning that not only will hunters get to ...

On Sept. 2, the government of Balochistan province in Pakistan declared the country’s third marine protected area, around ...

Nepal’s government can’t distribute land in national parks and forest areas to landless individuals, the country’s Supreme Court has ruled, emphasizing the protection of natural resources. Land ...

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JACI-PARANA, Brazil (AP) — Meat processing giant JBS SA and three other slaughterhouses are facing lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in environmental damages for allegedly purchasing cattle raised ...