Biodiversity
A camera trap installed by biologist Claudio Monteza is fastened to a tree just off the forest floor in San Lorenzo, Panama, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Monteza hopes his series of cameras will provide insights into which animal species steer clear of highways and which ones are more apt to check them out. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Scientists get creative to carry on research during pandemic

By Kathia Martínez Apr. 22, 2021 10:20 AM EDT

A hippo warning stands on the shore of a lagoon near Doral, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. The offspring of hippos illegally imported to Colombia by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s are flourishing in the lush area and experts are warning about the dangers of the growing numbers. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Fear and love surround Escobar's hippos thriving in Colombia

By Regina Garcia Cano And Fernando Vergara Feb. 09, 2021 08:58 AM EST

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 fishermen work in the Tapajos river in Alter do Chao, district of Santarem, Para state, Brazil. A review showing the economics of biodiversity by Professor Partha Dasgupta published by the University of Cambridge, Tuesday Feb. 2, 2021, and commissioned by the British government, urges a radical transformation in the way that countries around the world assess the state of their economies by elevating the natural world as a key element in their economic planning. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, FILE)
UK report urges need for nature to be at heart of economics

By Pan Pylas Feb. 02, 2021 07:51 AM EST

Part of a grey seal colony on the beach at Horsey Gap in Norfolk, England, Sunday Jan. 10, 2021. A group monitoring the seals in the national park on England's east coast have recorded over 2000 seal births this season, with police patrolling the area to deter visitors during the current coronavirus lockdown. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)
Leaders at summit focus on better protecting biodiversity

By Sylvie Corbet Jan. 11, 2021 06:06 AM EST

In this photo provided by the United Nations, the pre-recorded message of Tommy Esang Remengesau Jr., President of Palau, is played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday Sept. 23, 2020, at U.N. headquarters, in New York. (Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo via AP)
At UN, island nation of Palau speaks to interconnected world

By Jennifer Peltz Sep. 23, 2020 03:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2019 file photo, a section of Amazon rainforest stands next to soy fields in Belterra, Para state, Brazil. A decade-long effort by the world to save the world’s disappearing species and declining ecosystems has mostly failed so far, with fragile ecosystems like coral reefs and tropical forests in even more trouble than ever, according to a United Nations biodiversity report released on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
World isn't meeting biodiversity goals, UN report finds

By Christina Larson And Seth Borenstein Sep. 15, 2020 09:16 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 22, 2018, file photo, construction crews bore beneath U.S. 221 in Roanoke County, Va., to make a tunnel through which the Mountain Valley Pipeline will pass under the highway. The Trump administration is seeking to fast track environmental reviews of the pipeline and dozens of other energy, highway and other infrastructure projects across the U.S. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP, File)
Drilling, mines, other projects hastened by Trump order

By Matthew Brown Sep. 01, 2020 07:59 PM EDT

Wildlife managers use pup fostering to boost wolf genetics

May. 29, 2020 12:03 AM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A record number of captive-born wolf pups has been placed into the wild as part of an effort by federal and state wildlife managers to...

FILE - In this March 28, 2018 file photo, a North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass. A judge ruled on Thursday, April 9, 2020, that the federal government had failed to adequately protect endangered whales from lobster fishing activities. Environmental groups had sued the U.S. government with a claim regulators' failure to prevent the North Atlantic right whale from harm was a violation of the Endangered Species Act. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
Judge: Failure to help whales skirts Endangered Species Act

By Patrick Whittle Apr. 10, 2020 11:04 AM EDT

Whales filmed having whale of a time during lockdown

By John Leicester Apr. 09, 2020 06:37 AM EDT
LE PECQ, France (AP) — With humans away, the whales will play. In another sign that wild animals are roaming more freely while locked-down...