The number of species does not increase evenly when going from local ecosystems to continental scales -- a phenomenon ecologists have recognized for decades. Now, an international team of scientists ...

Serious environmental issues face the nation, from climate change to biodiversity, yet they have become so contentious, solutions are difficult, a speaker from the University of Texas at Austin says.

A grassroots effort successfully pushed back on a development in that would have destroyed a critical salamander habitat.

The unchecked gravel mining in the Swat River, now reportedly altering its natural course, is yet another example of short-sighted and unregulated exploitation of natural resources. What should be ...

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Duck hunting and decoy carving traditions face an uncertain future as climate change disrupts habitats in coastal North ...

Across Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico, there are about 55 of them, isolated mountain ranges with completely different habitats than the land surrounding them. Island habitat, while named ...

Prairie and savanna prescribed fires can be good trouble if they’re carefully timed and controlled. Their purpose is to help keep prairies as grasslands and to prevent or at least slow succession ...

TIGARD, Ore. — Habitat for Humanity celebrated the grand opening of its new store in Tigard on Friday. A ribbon-cutting was held at the 18,500-square-foot store near the corner of Southwest ...

DENVER — A Denver woman has been fighting to address problems with a vacant home next door, owned by Habitat for Humanity, which has reportedly attracted squatters and vagrants in the Elyria ...

The Potawatomi Zoo is working on its newest capital project: a state-of-the-art Amur tiger and leopard habitat titled Big Cat Tracks. This project will be the first expansion in the Zoo’s history, ...

For example, government-funded biodiversity stewardship schemes provide payments to cover the costs of managing the vegetation – such as fencing off habitat and managing weeds – as well as ...