Conservation

August 12, 2019 — The Trump administration's decision to weaken the widely supported law has drawn sweeping condemnation from conservationists.

August 09, 2019 — The government says uprooting piñon-juniper forest with heavy chains improves public lands in the West, but the science is sketchy.

August 09, 2019 — After centuries of losing countless birds and other small animals, a spiral of ecological consequences has taken its toll on American burying beetles.

August 02, 2019 — The birds’ preference for tall, open platforms leads them to nest on utility poles. Now companies are becoming proactive about preventing accidents.

August 01, 2019 — The image confirms what many researchers have long suspected—that wild birds mistake the pervasive and harmful litter for food.

July 31, 2019 — The sweeping climate legislation sets the target of creating a net-zero carbon economy in the state by 2050.

July 26, 2019 — Despite this year’s use of stylized mannequins to deter predators, Steve and Rachel's nest was attacked once again.

July 25, 2019 — Sulfoxaflor, seen as a replacement for bee-killing chemicals known as neonics, might be just as dangerous.

July 23, 2019 — The government dropped its appeal of a judge's ruling that protected the bird-rich wilderness—but a new land deal was reached soon after.

July 22, 2019 — Sustained management is the only way to prevent a population backslide once the bird sheds its endangered status later this year.