Along with humanitarian and other forms of aid, the U.S. government is one of the world’s biggest funders of nature conservation projects. In 2023 alone, USAID provided $375.4 million to such projects ...

On February 3, Elon Musk typed a now-notorious post to his social media platform X: “Spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could gone [sic] to some great parties. Did that instead.” ...

The kiwi is New Zealand's most iconic bird. Round and fuzzy, the bird is flightless and has a long beak that makes it adorable or awkward, depending on who you ask. New Zealanders are even known as ...

Central Asia’s fragile ecosystems, home to species like snow leopards and saiga antelopes, face growing threats from habitat loss, climate change and hunting, yet conservation remains critically ...

Would you dig through animal excrement if you knew you would find a diamond? Wildlife researchers at the University of Oxford, Revive & Restore, and Chester Zoo are collecting feces from animals for a ...

Former wildlife director Joe Greathouse rejoins The Wilds to lead operations and advance its conservation mission.

At a meeting of top conservation groups this week, a bioethics question took center stage: Should scientists be allowed to tinker with the genes of wild plants and animals? The tentative consensus so ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A new partnership between St. Johns County and a local company will ensure major shoreline projects stick to wildlife conservation efforts more efficiently while saving money.

WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Federal land conservation projects around southern Idaho’s rivers and lakes, famous for rainbow trout and smallmouth bass, are in limbo along with dozens of conservation ...

Picture spending a holiday rebuilding a castle in Europe, planting trees in an Ecuadorian cloud forest or logging wildlife sightings for conservation efforts in Sri Lanka. The trend of ‘voluntourism’ ...