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US proposes rescinding Roadless Rule protections for national forests

Bobby Bascomb 25 Aug 2026

Daniel Janzen and the long work of bringing back a forest

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Aug 2026

Move over bears. Fat Marmot Week puts a spotlight on the alpine rodents

Associated Press 21 Aug 2026

Criminal probe clears Sloth World of criminal neglect in deaths of 57 animals

Bobby Bascomb 20 Aug 2026
Young male puma crosses a public road. The presence of pumas — aka cougars, mountain lions, etc. — push deer away from roads into less populated areas, reducing road collisions. Image by Nick Garbutt.

Cougars cut deadly vehicle-deer collisions in the US by up to 76%, study shows

Starre Vartan 19 Aug 2026
Henry Carey holds up shells while diving for conch off the coast of McLean's Town, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, in 2022.

Mobile queen conch hatcheries strive to help the species, engage Caribbean communities

André Habet 18 Aug 2026

Texas activist’s claims of Indigenous ancestry face scrutiny

Mongabay.com 17 Aug 2026

Lake Powell hits record low, threatening key water and electricity supply for millions

Associated Press 17 Aug 2026
A jaguarundi at a zoo in Germany.

Increasingly rare: Jaguarundi moves up a notch on the endangered species list

Sean Mowbray 17 Aug 2026
Jackie and Shadow caring for their egg in their nest in the Big Bear Valley in 2019

Big Bear Valley’s beloved bald eagle Jackie is dead

Spoorthy Raman 13 Aug 2026
A group of cow elk traverses an active mine site as they move between forest patches. Image courtesy of Brittany L. Slabach.

Wildlife in the eastern US are making a comeback

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Aug 2026

Climate change doubled likelihood of Canada’s extreme fire weather, study finds

Naina Rao 10 Aug 2026
One of the six belugas being transferred from Marineland in Canada to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

As Canada’s captive belugas arrive in the US, questions linger about their future

Spoorthy Raman 7 Aug 2026

How Mennonites in Belize built a land-buying machine taking over forests

Maxwell Radwin 7 Aug 2026
Unowned, free-roaming cats in New York City. Trap-neuter-return programs can help sterilize and manage feral and stray populations in the city.

Some free-roaming cats in New York City are parasite ‘super-shedders,’ study shows

Alex Megerle 6 Aug 2026

Nicaragua’s gold boom is now encroaching on protected areas and Indigenous land

Maxwell Radwin 3 Aug 2026
David Page wrote about the mountains and worked to protect them

David Page wrote about the mountains and worked to protect them

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Aug 2026

Land records reveal how Mennonites are reshaping Belize’s forests

Maxwell Radwin 31 Jul 2026

US declines to protect endangered monkeys used in medical research

Bobby Bascomb 31 Jul 2026
Dave Johnson. Photo from the Global Owl Project

David Johnson, the owl man of Umatilla

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jul 2026
High altitude grasslands on Castle Mountain.

Proposed mine expansion raising pollution concerns in Canada and US

Ruth Kamnitzer 29 Jul 2026
Benthic jellyfish in the deep sea

UN regulator delays deep-sea mining rules, but extends criticized exploration contract

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 29 Jul 2026

Study suggests the threat of mold-associated illnesses may be underappreciated

Associated Press 29 Jul 2026
Shuswap Band drummers at a ceremonial fry release in Invermere, May 2026. The ceremonial fry releases and Fish-in-School educational releases on the Upper Columbia River connect salmon and salmon people, bringing together Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members working for salmon reintroduction. Image by Ruth Kamnitzer.

First Nations lead the return of salmon to Canada’s Upper Columbia River

Ruth Kamnitzer 29 Jul 2026

More than 100 queen ants destined for Laos seized in Mexico

Spoorthy Raman 27 Jul 2026
Oak trees in a temperate forest in the higher altitudes of the Sierra Gorda, where more than 30 species of oak trees can be found. Photo by Roberto Pedraza Ruiz.

How carbon markets can succeed & also serve Global South communities (commentary)

Pati Ruiz Corzo 27 Jul 2026

Listening to birdsong in a forest lowered a person’s stress during experiment

Liz Kimbrough 27 Jul 2026

Finning the High Seas

27 Jul 2026
A desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) in Joshua Tree National Park. Image courtesy of Mojave Land Trust.

California solar project threatens Mojave wildlife corridor, scientists say

Hyeyoon Cho 24 Jul 2026
Beavers are restoring stretches of North Fork Toutle River in the U.S. state of Washington. Image by GrandTetonNPS via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Beavers restored a volcano-scarred river. Now it’s at risk again

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2026

Scientists call on countries to act on ‘forgotten’ sawfish teeth trade

Spoorthy Raman 23 Jul 2026
avocado plantations

In Michoacán, Mexico, drying soil threatens water supplies and avocados, says study

Caitlin Cooper 23 Jul 2026

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