The Trump administration appears to be backing away from a controversial Biden-era plan to protect the spotted owl by killing ...

Gene-edited animals or plants wouldn’t have a chance if released into a barren habitat or a poaching hotspot. Genomic tools ...

Forty-six percent of tree species in Mesoamerica are threatened with extinction. Researchers hope a new regional study will inform targeted conservation strategies.

The average person can easily spot lichens in the woods, yet few scientists have studied the species. Now the Smokies are a ...

Four such projects have been approved under the new expedited rules, including one near Crescent Valley just southwest of ...

The sheer size and proximity to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex render Lake Texoma as one of the most popular lakes in the state, with the reservoir receiving more than six million annual visitors, ...

Environmentalists filed a revised lawsuit Monday contending that federal assessments of oil and gas projects fail to meet ...

Bird lovers are trying to raise awareness of Lowcountry's birdlife with a new interpretive center where injured birds also ...

James “Buddy” Powell, a trailblazing manatee researcher whose decades of work advanced the conservation of one of Florida’s most beloved species, died early Saturday after a battle with cancer, the ...

In a leap forward for legume crop research, scientists have assembled a high-quality reference genome for 'D30', an ancient ...

Experts have sounded the alarm after determining that miles of new border wall slated for Arizona would cut off migration ...

In this column, @SmokiesLife intern writer Hannah Early examines lichen and biodiversity in Great Smoky Mountains National ...