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cargo ships on the St. Lawrence seaway

Tariffs are Spurring Shipping Noise in the St. Lawrence Seaway

Geopolitical tensions have Canada looking for new trade partners—with potentially unfortunate side effects for marine life.

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How Poor Choices are Making Spain’s Solar Boom Bad for Birds

Solar energy is good, but solar farms stuffed with ill-conceived nest boxes are not.

Aerial view of Denver, Colorado, suburb
Living in the Sprawl

As housing developments devour open space in the western United States, can local governments stave off habitat loss?

Stand Up for Science rally in Washington DC
The Fight for the Heart of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

One year after the Trump administration threw the EPA into chaos, former employees continue to push back—and to dream of an agency reborn.

The Future of Conservation Without U.S. Aid

The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats, and the people who defend both. Now the world seeks a new way forward.

grizzly bear and cub
Grizzly Growing Pains

Removing grizzlies from the U.S. endangered species list could leave bears vulnerable. It could also lead to broader trust in government conservation efforts.

Fire is often seen as a destructive force. And it certainly can be, especially after decades of fire suppression across much of the western U.S. But slowly, with a better understanding of fire ecology and with the benefit of Indigenous knowledge, state and federal agencies are seeing the benefits that regular, low-intensity fires can provide entire ecosystems, like this one in Yosemite National Park. Photograph by Jen Guyton
Fire for Water

To combat the growing risk of catastrophic wildfires and to bring more water back onto the landscape, a tribe in California is helping to reshape fire management policy in the West.