This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Hispanic Heritage Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you five stories in the fields of nature and conservation. Luz Dary ...

North America's largest wildlife overpass is now open in Colorado. The overpass spans Interstate 25 near the Greenland exit south of Castle Rock. More than 100,000 cars travel through the area every ...

Although Asia and Africa often spring to mind when it comes to the wildlife trade, Central America is not immune to this global threat, as 1,500 species across the region are at risk of extinction, ...

From the glacial fjords of Chilean Patagonia to the beaches and mountains of Baja California, Hispanic America, representing ...

At a time when it has become difficult to find many areas of agreement in Washington, the outdoors have proven to be a real uniting force. The two of us were proud to help lead the bipartisan effort ...

Colorado has opened the largest wildlife overpass in North America in an effort to reduce animal-related crashes by as much as 90% along a stretch of Interstate 25 in Douglas County. The Greenland ...

Compared to other places in the world, the United States of America has a pretty good reputation when it comes to surviving ...

Academy Scientists Matt Tursi (left), Danny Morrill (center), and Colin Rohrback (right) conduct an electrofishing survey in a headwater stream of the Delaware River. (David Keller) Piping plover.

The Recovering America's Wildlife Act is back. Only time will tell if the fifth time is the charm. The proposed legislation, which would provide $1.4 billion annually to states and tribes to help ...

On October 3-4, a High Level International Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade in the Americas will take place in Lima, Peru. This is the first-ever such conference organized exclusively around ...

The trafficking of elephants in Africa has gained tremendous media attention. Not so the illegal trade in birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and fish of Central and South America, a problem of ...

Despite persistently divisive politics, there are three areas of broad support across the American electorate. Americans want jobs — over 67 percent said improving the job situation should be a ...