Two new books take up the ethics of killing some animals to protect others. By Elizabeth Kolbert

Are wombats the accidental heroes of the Australian bush? After the Black Summer bushfires, we set up 56 cameras to capture animal activity in areas with and without wombat burrows to find out.

Anyone can create a welcoming haven for local wildlife. Turning your yard, balcony container garden, schoolyard, work landscape, or roadside green space into a Certified Wildlife Habitat® is fun, easy and makes a big difference for neighborhood wildlife.

Federal officials say the number of fish on the government’s overfishing list sunk to a new low last year in a sign of healthy U.S. fisheries.

A major international study has shown that conservation efforts to reduce biodiversity loss are working, with two out of every three measures making a positive impact.

An annual, independent assessment of Australia’s environment has found several silver linings amid longer-term declines exacerbated by climate change.

A few years ago, I set off on an adventure that would eventually leave me both alone and alone in the woods…for days on end.

Nutria, hammerhead worms, and Asian longhorned ticks are among the strange invasive animal species damaging ecosystems in the US.

Movement is growing to give legal rights and political representation to nonhuman animals, species and places

There are now seven known species of soft-furred hedgehogs, which look like a cross between a mouse and a shrew