On July 18 a petroleum tanker truck ran off U.S. Highway 101 on the northern Olympic Peninsula, overturning and spilling 3,000 gallons of diesel into a tributary of the Elwha. While the Lower Elwha ...

This year’s list includes a notable extinction caused by climate change — and several caused by introduced predators.

A growing field of research reveals that predators like alligators play an important — but little-recognized — role in ...

As the climate crisis escalates, a huge amount of attention and money is being focused on climate solutions. These can be divided into two categories: solutions that pursue “mitigation,” which lowers ...

Climate change threatens species around the world. At the same time, many animals can help us in the fight against climate change — if we let them.

Climate change threatens species around the world. At the same time, many animals can help us in the fight against climate ...

From orangutans to parrots, hellbenders, and a newly discovered Tanzanian grass, these species — and the threats they face — are sure to make headlines in the year ahead.

Protect This Place: Elijio Panti National Park, a Mayan Heritage Site in the Heart of Belize’s Rainforest A logging concession granted to a furniture company threatens to disrupt the park, its ...

Drones, Algae and Fish Ears: What We’re Learning Before the World’s Largest Dam-removal Project — and What We Could Miss Scientists studying conditions on the Klamath River hope to help recovery ...

Klamath Countdown: Researchers Hustle Before Largest Dam-Removal Project Begins To anticipate the impacts of a historic river restoration, we need to understand how salmon, bats, insects, algae and ...

Will the Race for Electric Vehicles Endanger the Earth’s Most Sensitive Ecosystem? Materials needed to make the batteries for electric cars and other clean technology is driving interest in ...