After 50 years, this landmark law has kept many species alive — but few wild populations have recovered enough to come off the “endangered” list.
Shading coral reefs during the sunniest part of the day may help corals survive marine heat waves.
A new generation of bird-like robots is helping people better understand and protect the wild animals that inspired them.
Replacing grass with native plants uses less water and fewer chemicals while providing additional benefits to people and wildlife.
The tiny plastic bits give these germs safe havens. That protection seems to increase as the plastic ages and breaks into ever smaller pieces.
But the same thing is not happening throughout the kingdom. For instance, more than half of vertebrate populations are stable or increasing.
After an intense burn in 2018 in California, big cats in the region crossed roads more often. That put them at higher risk of becoming roadkill.
Amphibian deaths from a fungal disease may have led to more mosquitoes — and an increase in malaria cases in Costa Rica and Panama.
Pocket gophers air out and fertilize the soil in a way that amounts to simple farming, two researchers claim. But not everyone agrees.
