We asked conservation researchers around the world to send us their favorite papers of 2025. They address the planet’s most ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler Extinction is rarely a moment. It is a process that unfolds offstage, marked by missed sightings, ...

And it’s exactly what happened this year the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. As 2025 comes to a close, here are a few bite-sized stories that capture both the ...

Conservation philanthropy often favors urgency: campaigns, deadlines, the language of crisis. A smaller group of donors has ...

A new study co-authored by BirdLife International scientists and published in the journal Science definitively shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss.

The National Park System’s breathtaking landscapes and cultural and historic sites serve as living laboratories for science and discovery that help safeguard our nation’s legacy. Yet today, ...

An African bush elephant walks through long grass in Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. From stories about efforts to stop poaching using new technologies to articles detailing projects to ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The Art Institute of Chicago announced plans for a $50 ...

The Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation announced Monday the appointment of Lizz Schuyler as senior director of science ...

Jon Hoekstra is chief scientist for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). This article first appearedon Hoekstra's WWF blog, Science Driven. He contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed ...