Water utilities have long leaned on conservation campaigns as their first line of defense against scarcity, urging households ...

Whenever an animal species drops into the single digits, every risk to them matters. While not necessarily a common ...

A collection of short highlights from our year in conservation science work. Mike Bock Tackling some extraordinary scientific challenges is one cause for celebration. Building a multidisciplinary ...

With the speed at which technology advances, the idea of "bringing back" extinct animals is moving beyond science fiction. While some doubt the reasoning behind such a technology, others argue that it ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A team of scientists from the Field Museum of Natural History has just returned from one of Earth's most remote, undisturbed forests. For a month, Conservation Ecologist Dr. Lesley De ...

The National Park System’s breathtaking landscapes and cultural and historic sites serve as living laboratories for science and discovery that help safeguard our nation’s legacy. Yet today, ...

Scientists used small solar tags to identify where long-billed curlews migrate, revealing hidden populations of North America’s largest shorebird. Andy Boyce, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and ...

The wild and remote Farallon Islands off the Marin coast offer daily proof of nature’s ebbs and flows. The changes, unseen by most, are dramatic. California sea lions have moved here from southern ...

The Petaluma-based conservation nonprofit Point Blue announced it has a new chief executive officer. Melissa Pitkin, who has worked with Point Blue Conservation Science for about three decades and ...

When viewing paintings, people usually focus on what they can see. But often, the stories behind the painting — from how it was made to how it got to a museum — are just as interesting. “On the Same ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The Art Institute of Chicago announced plans for a $50 ...