A new simulation shows how changing the incentives for using and storing water could help deal with droughts while also meeting demand.

"If we want to preserve our beaches, shorelines, and rivers we need to know which areas are actually hotspots that need conserving."

Poaching, logging, and other human activities are threatening the forests of the Republic of Congo and the incredible diversity of wildlife that live there.

"...we know enough of the science to act—and with the effects of climate change only increasing, we have little time to waste..."

Many island conifers are facing extinction, report researchers, even when considering different kinds of wiggle room.

New research takes new info into account to create a map of global ocean biodiversity risks and how they correspond to protected areas.

Corals are under threat from climate change, reef destruction, bleaching, and more, but one conservation method shows particular promise.

New findings suggest captive breeding isn't a good way for fans of monarch butterflies to help the species.

Striped maple trees have a rare ability: to switch from one sex to another.

There are more species at risk of extinction than previously believed because of the interconnectedness of the natural world.