Two Guam kingfisher chicks that hatched at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh are part of a program to help restore the bird ...

Congress Moves to Lock In Commercial Fishing Rights Inside Marine National Monuments For the better part of a decade, the question of whether American commercial fishermen can legally drop a line in ...

Extinct in the wild, Guam kingfishers being bred at the Cincinnati Zoo could be moving to an island in the Pacific Ocean soon ...

The Trump administration is rolling back more protections under the Endangered Species Act with a new policy that will allow ...

According to a new study, by Oxford researchers, an underlying network of fungi beneath the soil of one of the world's most isolated island ecosystems is functioning in a way which sustains its ...

Carlyn Kranking is Smithsonian magazine’s associate web editor for science. She edits online science features on everything ...

In April 2025, President Trump signed an executive proclamation reopening nearly half a million square miles of Pacific ocean ...

Sandy Point is a beach on the southwestern tip of St. Croix that primarily serves as a nearly 400-acre natural refuge for the ...

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the NYS Canal Corporation invite youth and families from across New York State ...

The North Shore town of Newbury is attempting to clear the air after notices sent to a few Plum Island homeowners warning that beachfront decorations could pose a threat to endangered shorebirds were ...

You'll feel worlds away from society when you visit Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. Established in 1903 as the country's first national wildlife refuge, this 5,400-plus acre sanctuary is a ...

Monday, July 27, 2020, dawned sultry and bright on Bailey Island, a village of about 400 full-time residents in the midcoast town of Harpswell. Early that morning, lobsterboats sputtered out of ...