Conservation

Solar farms seeded with wildflowers can boost pollinator populations

"Assisted migration" could help sustain productive forests in the face of warming habitats

Parts of the southeastern and central U.S. haven’t warmed as much as the rest of the country. Reforestation could be partially responsible for this “warming hole”

One in seven species of deepwater sharks and rays is threatened with extinction because of the liver oil and meat trade and emerging fishing technologies that make it possible to catch deep-sea fishes

A marine heat wave last year undercut efforts to regrow coral reefs off Florida’s coast. Conservationists are worried this year could be problematic, too

Boundaries for preserving fresh water, biodiversity and other planetary resources tighten when they must also protect people

Insurance policies for natural resources are aiding conservation around the world

These ancient Portuguese cattle have become unlikely firefighters.

On the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands, a group of researchers is racing to fight drought as the climate changes rapidly around them. Their defense is a new approach to a very, very old technology from nature.

The argument that we have to choose between saving nature and strengthening the economy is a false dichotomy

The ancestral Maya lived in better harmony with the environment and kept water clean naturally. We can learn from them

There are 856 mammal, bird, amphibian and reptile species currently missing—but researchers continue to search