Environmental conservation

An osprey flies with a half-eaten fish in its talons above the Lynnhaven River, June 30, 2025, in Virginia Beach, Va. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Osprey came back from the brink once. Now chicks are dying in nests, and some blame overfishing

The osprey is in decline in one of its key territories and some scientists blame overfishing of menhaden, an important food for the birds.

Sunlight reflects off artificial ponds Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

In the Arizona desert, a farm raising fish raises questions about water use

A rubber tree is prepared for the removal of rubber in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, Acre state, Brazil, Dec. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Removal of hundreds of illegal cattle in the Amazon sparks protests and divides residents

Mountains are reflected in the waters of France's Port-Cros National Park ahead of the U.N. Ocean Conference, Saturday, June 7, 2025, (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

High Seas Treaty gains momentum as 18 new countries pledge support

Art conservator Naomi Ruiz uses a cotton swab on a mural by Maxo Vanka that depicts the hand of God handing a tablet to Moses, inside St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale, Pa., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

What it takes to clean industrial soot and grime from a Pittsburgh church’s murals

The annual count of swans belonging to King Charles begins on the River Thames

Each summer, a centuries-old royal tradition unfolds on the River Thames; but today, ‘Swan Upping’, as it’s known, is about more than ceremony. As threats like pollution, flooding and fishing tackle endanger swans, this historic event now plays a vital role in their protection. (AP Video: Mustakim Hasnath)

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Scientists transplant crossbred corals to help save Miami’s reefs from climate change

As the UN Ocean Conference opens in France, a push to turn promises into protection

Pressure to turn promises into action as UN Ocean Conference opens in France; AP explains

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Maine lawmakers try to thread the needle on forest protections

Art conservator Jessica Keister works on a mural by Maxo Vanka depicting the hand of God handing a tablet to Moses, inside St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale, Pa., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Inside a historic church painted with murals that reflect searing social commentary

California tribe gets back 73 square miles of its ancestral lands taken over 120 years ago

Yurok Tribe members Tiana Williams-Claussen, left, and Morgan Clayburn make their way to Blue Creek while traveling on the Klamath River, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Humboldt County, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

California’s Yurok Tribe gets back ancestral lands that were taken over 120 years ago

How poo may one day help save endangered species from extinction

New law will require landowners to report enrollment in forest carbon programs

US peregrine falcons adapt well to city living as their coastal cousins struggle with bird flu

In this photo provided by the Fort Stanton Historic Site, destruction from the Camp Fire, which damaged several historic buildings at Fort Stanton, a historic site managed by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, is seen Monday, May 26, 2025, in Fort Stanton, N.M. (Oliver Horn/Fort Stanton Historic Site via AP)

Wildfire damages Civil War-area historical site in New Mexico as campgrounds are evacuated

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh swims near the Edgartown Harbor Light, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Edgartown, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Endurance swimmer completes circumnavigation of Martha’s Vineyard ahead of ‘Jaws’ 50th

Bonnie, a seven-month-old dachshund, licks Alexandra Maxwell's face as they a protest against Gov. Ron DeSantis' plan to develop state parks with business ventures such as golf courses, pickleball courts and large hotels, during a demonstration at Oleta River State Park, Aug. 27, 2024, in North Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Florida’s prized state parks are shielded from golf courses and hotels as DeSantis bows to backlash

A group of men pass in front of a sign announcing the limit of Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru's Amazon, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Peru court rules in favor of Kichwa territorial rights in the Amazon

Bored with lawns, some homeowners adopt No Mow May all year long

Pumas return to Rio’s coast after a century

A dragon blood's tree overlooks a natural infinity pool within Homhil Protected Area on the Yemeni island of Socotra on Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

These surreal trees survived for centuries. Scientists worry for their future

The U.S. Department of Agriculture building stands in Washington, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Facing lawsuit, USDA says it will restore climate change-related webpages

Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

A Brazil state’s law grants amnesty to illegal Amazon cattle ranchers

Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazilian state’s deforestation amnesty poses ‘one of the greatest threats’ to the Amazon

Park rangers unload a container in Punta Patino, Panama, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Few migrants remain in the Darien Gap, but an environmental crisis has been left behind

Coral, a rescued manatee, swims in a pool at the Bicho d'Agua project facilities in Castanhal, Brazil, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Hope floats in the Amazon as Bacuri, a young manatee, fights for survival

Protesters chant against Gov. Ron DeSantis' plan to develop state parks with business ventures such as golf courses, pickleball courts and large hotels, during a demonstration at Oleta River State Park, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in North Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

State parks in Florida appear off-limits to development as lawmakers react to outcry

California sets aside $170 million to thin vegetation, forests to help prevent wildfires

A Cape vulture is seen in its enclosure at the Vulture Programme at Boekenhoutkloof near Hartbeespoort Dam, South Africa on Sept. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

Vultures are among the least loved animals. African conservationists are trying to change that

President Donald Trump departs after an event in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump reverses Biden rule restricting water usage for showerheads and other home appliances

The Māori fighting to protect remote island’s wildlife

Fillets of Chilean sea bass caught near the U.K.-controlled South Georgia island are displayed for sale at a Whole Foods Market in Cleveland, Ohio on June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman, file)

Judge blocks imports of some Chilean sea bass from Antarctica in fishing feud at bottom of the world

Store, harvest, fix: How Texas can save its water supply

A crocodile nicknamed Karossa, after the name of a village it was captured from following the fatal attack of a man, rests with others inside an enclosure in Budong-Budong, West Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Crocodile attacks in Indonesia are on the rise. It’s left residents on edge

Rusli Paraili, a crocodile handler, feeds a rescued crocodile kept inside an enclosure in Budong-Budong, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Crocodile attacks in Indonesia are on the rise and it’s left residents on edge

A mallard duck rests on the edge of a path around the Tidal Basin as the sun rises in Washington, Sunday, March 5, 2023, with the Washington Monument in the background. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Ducks were once a conservation bright spot. Now they’re declining in the US, new report shows

Fired NOAA Fisheries scientists worry about the future of marine conservation