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Biologists say an “unprecedented” number of migratory birds are dying in New Mexico, and they aren’t sure why. But they have an inkling it may have something to do with...

Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies members elected Sara Parker Pauley, director of the Missouri Department of Conservation, as the organization’s new president during its virtual annual meeting on Tuesday....

Efforts to conserve species have resulted in saving at least 48 mammals and birds from extinction since the early 1990s. The rates of extinction would have been three or four...

Human activities have led to wildlife populations declining an average of 68% around the world between 1970 and 2016, a new report finds. The World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological...

Biologists found two condor chicks alive amidst the charred area created by the Dolan Fire in Central California. The wildfire swept through the Ventana Wildlife Society’s California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)...

Mindfulness has become a popular approach to everything from parenting to policing. Can it help biologists, too? Ecologist Ana Pineda says the approach, which uses meditation and other techniques to...

Some male butterflies seal their mate’s genitalia with a waxy substance to prevent future mating. But females can fight back, researchers say, evolving larger, more complex organs that are harder...

Two Black ecologists at Cornell University who have faced uncomfortable experiences in the field because of their identity have developed guidelines to help make fieldwork safer for Black researchers and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is opening a new Colorado-based office that will focus on cleaning up mines. EPA associate deputy administrator Doug Benevento said the new Colorado-based Office of...

High school students throughout Brazil agree that conservation is important, and they strongly disagree that conservation is the responsibility of rich countries alone, a survey found. Researchers surveyed students ages...