Designating areas as protected spaces for wildlife is a common strategy for preserving biodiversity, but heavy human development around those areas may largely counteract the benefit of those ...

Swansea study of 509 European bird species found protected areas boost species numbers but fail to maintain food web ...

California established a network of marine protected areas. MPAs cover roughly 16% of California’s state waters. A long, reddish and black sheephead wove through a maze of towering kelp in a ...

By prioritizing marine conservation, the small island nation has "set a new standard for leadership" one expert said.

UN Ocean Conference spotlighted Marine Protected Areas, but US leadership is key to turning global pledges into lasting ...

Just how effective protected areas are at safeguarding habitats and the species that live within them is the focus of a new Swansea University study.

Kerala leads India in the Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of Protected Areas 2020–2025, with Eravikulam National ...

Q: How are gazetted areas similar to or different from protected areas or places? You may have seen bright red signs outside certain facilities, warning people that the areas are protected areas or ...

An opinion released by the Office of Legal Counsel concludes the president can abolish national monuments declared by past administrations.

Peru's government has significantly reduced the protected area around its famed Nazca Lines, a move critics and archaeologists fear could leave the ancient geoglyphs vulnerable to hundreds of nearby ...