Conservation

Drought conditions and poor water management have contributed to the events

Researchers surveyed the world’s 124 coffee species and found more than half are threatened

A trend of planting wildflowers on solar sites could maintain habitat for disappearing bees and butterflies

Climate change is shifting population numbers and nest building by resident and migratory birds in Europe—sometimes leading to deadly conflict. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Tree breeding and gene editing could help reverse the deteriorating health of U.S. forests

It’s going to be a rough year, but we’ll also see some progress

Big environmental groups get most of the press, but there are also many unsung heroes

More than a quarter of the seedlings sampled at native plant nurseries were infected with pathogens—which could hamper restoration work. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Biologists and computers scientists team up to create a census of animal populations

A few brief reports about international science and technology from Germany to Rwanda, including one on the discovery of the world's oldest known brewery, discovered in Israel.

Pine needles can easily be broken down into sugars as well as the building blocks of paint, adhesives and medicines. Christopher Intagliata reports.

The Bahia's broad-snout casque-headed tree frog needs a pool to raise its young that's just right.