Such policy changes risk legitimizing and foreshadowing an acceleration in conservation abandonment on a global scale." The findings arrive as COP30 delegates prepare to assess global progress toward ...

This year marks an important milestone for our city. The city of Santa Fe has created a new Conservation and Sustainability Division (CSD) within the Public Utilities Department—uniting three ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts has announced its intention to join the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), becoming one of the first U.S. states to do so in 2026. The announcement ...

Each species represents a unique library of evolutionary wisdom, encoded in DNA and refined over millions of years. In a new commentary prior to the International Union for Conservation of Nature ...

A new global atlas of underground fungi suggests that some surprising biodiversity hot spots lie hidden beneath our feet. By Emily Anthes The world’s biological riches are not evenly distributed.

Derek Armitage has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Trevor Swerdfager does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company ...

A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that with greater resource allocation, conservation can halt and reverse biodiversity loss. European bison (Bison bonasus) are a conservation ...

Central Asia hosts some of the world’s largest and still relatively interconnected yet fragile grassland and mountain ecosystems. These landscapes provide essential habitats for migratory and ...

‘The loss of biodiversity is recognized as a major national concern with profound ecological and economic consequences. The conservation of biological diversity is a national goal that requires the ...

Celebrate and look back at some of the groundbreaking achievements made by Smithsonian scientists this year. Mike Bock As global leaders in wildlife conservation, scientists from the Smithsonian ...