Pesticide contamination continues to spread into protected areas, as documented by a study in Brazil of epilithic biofilms.

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 ...

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 ...

Benjamin Cooke receives funding from The Australian Research Council and has conducted contract research for the Australian Land Conservation Alliance (ALCA), Trust for Nature, Victoria (TfN) and the ...

The five Mekong countries lost nearly 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of tree cover in 2024, with nearly a quarter of which was primary forest, and more than 30% of losses occurring inside ...

An international group of researchers finds that conserving about half of global land area could maintain nearly all of nature's contributions to people and still meet biodiversity targets for tens of ...

David Jachowski does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (WKRG) — Still more land on Dauphin Island is permanently protected through a conservation partnership between the South Alabama Land Trust and Dauphin Island Bird Sanctuaries, ...