Conservation

February 12, 2016 — Leveraging the Antiquities Act, President Obama sets aside 1.8 million acres of desert habitat, protecting them from mining and other development.

February 12, 2016 — Digital mapping technology is helping guide us through problems as big as climate change, disease outbreaks, and natural disasters.

February 12, 2016 — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is shifting its captive Whooping Crane breeding and release program in hopes of better helping the birds.

February 10, 2016 — The country just launched an action plan for its most threatened raptor—but will it work?

February 05, 2016 — When an injured visitor was grounded before a blizzard, a city full of bird lovers came to its aid.

February 04, 2016 — Wisdom has raised dozens of chicks, but her species is in trouble. Here’s how you can help.

January 29, 2016 — A new ruling seals a 2014 decision that permits the Port Authority to sidestep the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

January 22, 2016 — Birds and people depend on our shared spaces.

January 19, 2016 — An age-old fight between conservationists and loggers pins this seabird in the middle.

January 14, 2016 — There’s nothing glamorous about the life of a field tech—and for some, that’s the appeal.