wildlife

Federal Funding Cuts Are Silencing the Wild

Mass firings may spell mass species loss as the Capitol clamps down on conservation spending

By Lauren Colella May 4, 2025

In this story: wildlife, saving wild places, federal policy, endangered species

Wildlife Management Gets Trickier as Climate Change Reconfigures Snowfall

Snow is becoming more unpredictable across North America, complicating research for scientists

By Sophie Hartley March 31, 2025

In this story: wildlife, climate change, extreme weather

An aerial shot of moose against a backdrop of snow

Can This Former Game Warden Save America’s Endangered Species?

Wildlife takes a backseat during Brian Nesvik's first hearing to lead the US Fish and Wildlife Service

By Lindsey Botts March 27, 2025

In this story: wildlife, animal rights, saving wild places, federal policy

Brian Nesvik addresses the the Senate committee

New Challenges Put Bald Eagle Recovery in Peril

Climate change and development could threaten this remarkable comeback

By Molly McCluskey March 17, 2025

In this story: wildlife, saving wild places, Our Wild America, animals, conservation

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) landing in dead tree, Homer, Alaska Photo by Josh Miller/Getty Images

Against the Current

Why are Chinook salmon moving to the urban creeks of San Jose in increasing numbers?

Text and photographs by Jeremy Miller March 9, 2025

In this story: salmon, fish, wildlife, endangered species

Elk in the Sierra Nevada: An Invasion or a Recovery?

It’s more than a question of history. The elk could have big effects on the future of this iconic wilderness.

By Ian Rose January 28, 2025

In this story: wildlife, animals, ecosystems

Tule elk, Point Reyes National Seashore. | Photo by Mark Newman/Getty Images

Are You Sure Penguins Are Flightless?

Watch this penguin catch air

January 1, 2025

In this story: animals, wildlife, photography, Joy, Animal Pics

An emperor penguin in Atka Bay in Antarctica is mid-"flight" with a tunnel of water trailing it before it lands on a chunk of ice where other penguins have gathered.

Crabbing for Conservation

How a South Carolina native is helping save blue crabs by connecting people to the water

By Jill K. Robinson January 9, 2025

In this story: marine ecosystems, wildlife

Live blue crabs are displayed for sale at the Maine Avenue Fish Market in Washington, DC.

Where the Tide Is the Loudest Sound

A gold mine intrudes on a quiet Alaskan refuge

By Dustin Solberg November 26, 2024

In this story: Alaska, saving wild places, public lands, wildlife, marine ecosystems

Author Dustin Solberg and his son harvest wild sockeye salmon every summer in Alaska’s Tuxedni Bay. They’re part of a community of commercial fishing families working from small boats in a fishery certified sustainable by the non-profit Marine Stewardship Council. | Photo by Hamish Laird

Environmentalists Have a Wish List for the Lame Duck Session

President Biden will have an impressive conservation legacy. He could go even further if he did these things.

By Lindsey Botts November 20, 2024

In this story: saving wild places, wildlife, public lands, congress

President Joe Biden talks with Ed Keable, superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park in Grand Canyon Village, Ariz., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, as he views the South Rim of the canyon at Yaki Point. | Photo by Alex Brandon/AP

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