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The Missouri Department of Conservation is partnering on a study to better understand what risks wind turbines pose to bald eagles.

MISSOULA – For an animal whose population barely tops 2,000, Montana’s grizzly bears hold an outsized presence in the psyche and politics of the Treasure

New research diving into the human factors impacting wildlife conservation found that grizzly bear management is less polarized than researchers originally thought.

More than a third of all elasmobranch (shark and ray) species are at risk of extinction due to overfishing. Indonesia is both a hotspot of elasmobranch biodiversity and one of the leading shark and ray exporters in the world, putting already critically endangered species such as hammerhead sharks and wedgefish under great pressure. Reducing that […]

The Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 were cataclysmic: a landmark in Australia’s environmental history. They burnt more than 10 million hectares, mostly forests in southeast Australia. Many of our most distinctive, ancient and vulnerable species were worst affected.

The webinar organized by Internews Earth Journalism Network educated members of the press on how AWF-trained sniffer dogs deployed at trafficking hotspots detect illegal wildlife products and deter wildlife crimes.

SUNY ESF is the oldest and most distinguished institution in the United States that focuses on the study of the environment.

Seventeen students from Federation University Australia are currently in Nepal for a three-week study tour, focussed on exploring the approaches used in the conservation of wildlife species.

The village of Rukubji, in Bhutan’s central Wangdue Phodrang district, lies in a valley at the intersection of three rivers, its surrounding hillsides scattered with yak herder tents or swathed in forest. In October 2022, a camera trap set just outside the village recorded a female tiger and her two cubs prowling among the pine […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Federal officials are weighing public comments on a proposed wind energy project that would add to an expanding crop of turbines in