The dike along Florida's Lake Okeechobee, a shallow lake nearly the size of Rhode Island, is leaking. Could a hurricane cause another Katrina-like flood disaster?
Biologist George Schaller is tracking Afghanistan's giant Marco Polo sheep as part of a broader effort to put the remote mountain region on the conservation map.
New York's Bronx Zoo has become the latest U.S. zoo to shut down its elephant exhibit, adding to the debate about whether the animals should be kept in captivity.
Canada's vast new nature preserve, the Great Bear Rainforest, will be twice the size of the U.S.'s Yellowstone National Park. Survey its pristine scenery and learn how this historic conservation project was created.
In the wake of last year's unprecedented hurricane damage, questions are being raised about whether rebuilding should be allowed on the U.S.'s hurricane-vulnerable coastlines.
Olympic organizers promise that the Turin Games will be "the greenest ever." But conservationists warn of a larger environmental crisis looming at the games' Alpine site.
Explore one of Earth's biggest biodiversity hotspots—the islands stretching from Indonesia to the Philippines—and experience the sizeable wildlife that thrives there.
