As the federal land and wildlife agencies struggle to meet their responsibilities, volunteers and others are stepping up, not only to help endangered toads but also to maintain trail systems, host ...

The birds are already under threat. Urban development has shrunk their habitat, and invasive European starlings are usurping ...

By painting their final meal before execution, an artist humanized people sentenced to capital punishment.

The administration said it will go hunting for cases of wind energy companies unintentionally killing migratory birds — something it has long argued is not a violation of federal law.

American kestrels are found throughout the Americas, from Canada to Argentina’s southern tip. Come fall, kestrels from Canada ...

Data centers use energy to run their servers, and energy and water to cool the processors. Evaporative chillers that work in low humidity use less energy but more water, while refrigerated cooling ...

The black-and-white images on the supermarket walls create a nostalgic environment for people seeking groceries in the heart of a food desert.

BY MID-JULY 2002, the country was at a Preparedness Level 5, meaning that over 80% of the nation’s fire-fighting resources were committed. This was an extreme year for fires, with Oregon, Colorado and ...

Public lands and wildlife turn to stopgap solutions ...

As public media is threatened after cuts from Trump administration, Indigenous radio also face threats to how they preserve and grow language.

A 2001 policy restricts road construction on Forest Service land. What happens to at-risk species if it’s removed?

Carol Ann Fitzgerald is a former editor at The Sun and The Oxford American. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in Ploughshares, The Oxford American, The Sun, The OA Book of Great Music ...