Biodiversity

A golden monkey is seen in Volcanoes National Park in Kinigi, Rwanda, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

How collecting DNA samples in the wild could transform conservation

Rwanda is using a new approach known as environmental DNA technology to detect species like the endangered mountain gorilla using genetic material left in soil and water.

A supply vessel boat sits near an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. April 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Judge won’t block meeting that could exempt Gulf drilling from Endangered Species Act

Maui Invasive Species Committee's little fire ant detection dog Freddie hunts down the scent of the invasive ants with handler Trisha Dillenburg and Kayani Singh in tow at the Waihe'e Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Waihee-Waiehu, Hawaii. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat via AP)

Little fire ant invasion has reached a tipping point on Maui

Fisherman Photis Gaitanos catches a toadfish while fishing from his boat off the coast of Larnaca, Cyprus, in the eastern Mediterranean, early Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cypriot fishermen battle invasive lionfish and turn them into a tavern delicacy

Keepers at the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in central Kenya feed goat milk to young orphaned elephants that are being raised at the sanctuary on May 23 2025. (John Dowling via AP)

Elephant orphans. Goat’s milk. This safari reveals the impact of wildlife conservation in Kenya

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Scientists develop an autonomous robot to map endangered coral reefs

Argentinian winemakers move away from chemicals towards organic wine

Orchid festival celebrates China’s heritage and biodiversity

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A resident rides a golf cart as he exits his property while the Canyon Fire burns on Aug. 7, 2025, in Hasley Canyon, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

UN says world must jointly tackle issues of climate change, pollution, biodiversity and land loss

Trucks come and go from the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Collier County, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Appellate court pauses lawsuit over Everglades detention center due to government shutdown

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A seed bank in England marks 25 years of preserving the world’s plant diversity

The empty beach of the Bombom resort on Principe Island, Nov. 8 2006. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

UNESCO designates 26 new biosphere reserves amid biodiversity challenges and climate change

In this photo provided by Sea Shepherd, a whale swims near the krill trawler Fu Xing Hai with mountains of the Antarctic Peninsula in the background, on April 2, 2025. (Youenn Kerdavid/Sea Shepherd via AP)

Krill fishery in Antarctica shut down after record catch triggers unprecedented early closure

In this photo provided by Sea Shepherd, a whale swims near the krill trawler Fu Xing Hai with mountains of the Antarctic Peninsula in the background, on April 2, 2025. (Youenn Kerdavid/Sea Shepherd via AP)

A record catch of krill near Antarctica could trigger an unprecedented end to fishing season

Belgian nationals Lornoy David, left, and Seppe Lodewijckx appear at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya given $7,700 fine or 1-year prison sentence

A humpback whale, dolphins and sea birds feed on a school of fish Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Channel Islands, Calif. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

As Trump pares back ocean protections, California weighs expanding them

Environmental groups fear Trump’s order to speed deep-sea mining will harm ecosystems

Belgian nationals Lornoy David, left, Seppe Lodewijckx, center and Vietnamese national Duh Hung Nguyen appear at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants to be sentenced in 2 weeks

Workers filter patchouli oil at a refinery in Simboro, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

The beauty industry is driving demand for patchouli oil. But it comes at a cost

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

A red admiral butterfly stops on a New England Aster flower at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden Wisley, in the village of Wisley, near Woking, England, Oct. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

America’s butterflies are disappearing at ‘catastrophic’ rate

A group of men and a woman carry bananas and fish from the port, in Leticia, Colombia, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File)

UN talks end in Rome with nations backing $200 billion a year plan to protect nature

Climate demonstrators take part in a protest holding a sign that reads "tax fossils, protect biodiversity" as the COP16 biodiversity conference continues on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Rome. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

In Rome, talks to protect Earth’s biodiversity resume with money topping the agenda

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the inauguration ceremony for the new president of the state-run oil company Petrobras, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)

Brazil’s Lula backs oil exploration in the Amazon ahead of hosting UN climate talks

This photo made available by Los Angeles Zoo, shows two Cape vultures at their new exhibit in Los Angeles Zoo, Dec. 11, 2024. (Jamie Pham/Los Angeles Zoo via AP)

Cape vultures are swooping into a new exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo

Lily pads rest on the surface of St. Moritz Pond, at the Blue Hills Reservation, in Quincy, Mass., Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

New research shows a quarter of freshwater animals are threatened with extinction

In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 photo, Dan Stevens loads the wood stove at his home in Gardiner, Maine. The number of households using wood as a heating source nearly doubled in Maine from 2000 to 2010, while growing by a third nationwide, according to U.S. Census figures. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

Find out where your firewood comes from to prevent the spread of invasive pests

An endangered Geoffrey's spider monkey that had been rescued and living in the care of the Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary in Dominical, Costa Rica, on March 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt O'Brien, File)

AI will eavesdrop on world’s wildest places to track and help protect endangered wildlife

Miccosukee Tribal elder Michael Frank walks along a raised walkway on Rice Island, one of several tree islands once inhabited by his family, on the Miccosukee Indian Reservation in Florida's Everglades, Thursday, July, 11, 2024. Frank, 67, who was born on a different tree island, continues to maintain the family's chickees, stilt homes, traditionally used for sleeping, eating, and gathering. The tribe no longer live on tree islands, but remain closely connected to their land through cultural, spiritual and environmental practices. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Takeaways from AP’s story on the Miccosukee’s fight to protect the Everglades

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Hawaiian crow that went extinct in the wild decades ago released on Maui

How did mussels sneak into California, despite decades of state shipping rules?

Members of Brazil's Indigenous delegation arrive to the opening ceremony of COP16, a United Nations' biodiversity conference, in Cali, Colombia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

At U.N. summit, historic agreement to give Indigenous groups voice on nature conservation decisions

‘Immediate threat’: Mussel invades California’s Delta, first time in North America

FILE - Fog drifts over the woods of the Taunus forest near Frankfurt, Germany, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

UN chief calls for more pledges, private sector input to save global biodiversity at Colombia summit

FILE - McCain Maximo runs back into the trees filled with bridled tern nests on the northern end of the sand bar on Helen Island, Palau, on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans, File)

Slight progress in global biodiversity protection efforts but some species decline, new reports find

As rhinoceros beetles spread, Hawaii board bolsters pest control powers

Afro-Colombian women perform during the opening ceremony of COP16, a United Nations' biodiversity conference, in Cali, Colombia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Environmental delegates gather in Colombia for a conference on dwindling global biodiversity

A group of women, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, go by boat to an area destroyed by illegal mining, on the Quito River, near Paimado, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Afro-Colombians fight the effects of gold mining through biodiversity projects in a violent region

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