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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city is seeking a $50,000 boost from Community Preservation Act funding to acquire over 50 acres of conservation land along the southwest branch of the Housatonic...

A new state-of-the-art facility for protecting Victoria’s rarest frogs, jointly funded by the federal and state governments, was opened at […]

Scientists have largely welcomed the Government's Threatened Species Action Plan unveiled today, but say funding announced with it isn’t enough.

Bald eagles have soared back from the brink. Grizzly bear numbers are rebounding. But thousands of less charismatic species are competing for scarce conservation resources in the United States.

Bald eagles have soared back from the brink. Grizzly bear numbers are rebounding. But thousands of less charismatic species are competing for scarce conservation resources in the United States.

AGAWAM – Crowley Ranch was recently ordered by the Agawam Conservation Commission to modify an unauthorized gravel road through wetlands.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the invasive algae starry stonewort in Bowen Lake, near Backus in Cass County and in Turtle River Lake, near the city of Turtle River in Beltrami County.

The fish reportedly died from low oxygen levels due to high temps and low water levels in late July.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has been notified of a fish kill that included 140 invasive carp below the Lake Bella Dam in Nobles County.

Female monarchs confuse the vine with milkweed and lay eggs on it, but when the hungry caterpillars hatch, they have nothing to eat and they perish.