Extreme environments offer them an unexpected paradise, and now researchers are working to get a head count.
Wildlife
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
BLM releases new high-profile travel plan for Labyrinth Canyon area.
For six years, hundreds of volunteers have counted bumblebees across the Northwest. Their data is shaping pollinator conservation nationwide.
A writer reflects on natural cycles of absence and abundance, loss and love.
In Haines, Alaska, concern for a fragile ecosystem confronts the prospect of well-paying jobs.
The plan has lofty ambitions, but what’s happening on the ground tells a different story of how it might play out.
Land managers and gateway communities struggle to keep up.
This year’s drought is worse than in 2001, when political and environmental tensions exploded into the national spotlight.
How a Sonoran Desert species got caught up in the commodification of spiritual awakening.
A cross-border effort aims to return herds to the Great Plains and restore biodiversity and the land.
Critics say the lease is at odds with President Biden’s pledge to combat the climate crisis.
Unprecedented drought in the Klamath Basin leaves communities wondering how they will make it through the summer.
Reintroducing the species creates important habitat for First Foods. But state laws don’t work in the animal’s favor.
How a nonprofit cashed in on carbon credit exchanges without reducing emissions.
The needs of the ungulate and cattle supported by California’s Point Reyes National Seashore have different needs and created a years-long conflict.
An ecologist and a photographer teamed to document and build a living archive of the Borderlands’ biodiversity — before it’s too late.
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Writer Michelle Nijhuis synthesizes the story of modern-day conservation in her new book ‘Beloved Beasts.’
An analysis of the species’ 10-foot-long tusk shows an accumulation of mercury and a change in diet as sea ice retreats.
In Albuquerque’s South Valley, activists are happy for more green space but worry about gentrification.
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Michelle Nijhuis details history’s successes as a road map for today’s conservationists in her new book ‘Beloved Beasts.’
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