NYTimes - Environment

Innovative systems to keep ships from hitting North Atlantic right whales are coming into use. The Trump administration is weighing whether they can replace a bedrock protection.

The administration is spending at least $67 million worth of fees paid by visitors to national parks on fixing D.C. fountains and the Reflecting Pool.

Canada’s first big heat wave of the year was expected to bring prolonged warm weather to southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Invasive snakeheads are proliferating in waterways from New York to Florida. Wildlife officials around the Chesapeake Bay are recommending a solution: high-powered compound bows.

How the war in Iran is affecting greenhouse gas emissions from air travel, a look back at “An Inconvenient Truth” and more climate news.

While global warming is still a threat, the decision to back away from a worst-case outlook raises questions about whether some risks have been overstated.

An overhaul of the state’s 2019 climate law proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul would alter how the potent greenhouse gas is measured.

Countries are learning that the finer things in life sometimes have a serendipitous side benefit.

In a forest in Madagascar, the demise of a centuries-old baobab points to the fraying of a fragile ecosystem.

Mr. Gore is still giving the slide show that “An Inconvenient Truth” was built around, but with changes that reflect a shift in the discussion of climate change.

In a devastated section of the Coral Triangle in the Pacific Ocean, a conservation group is trying to build an artificial reef.

An environmental lobbyist and activist, he was a pivotal figure in drawing public attention and political support to the existential issue.

Scientists have planted American trees in China, Korea and elsewhere to attract hungry insects. Their hope is to identify the most damaging bugs before they cross the ocean.

An analysis of oil export data offers clues about which nations have benefited from higher prices, and which have lost a lot of revenue.

The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly hasn’t been seen in the wild since 2022. The caterpillar was the last individual in human care.

Experts say a powerful El Niño weather pattern could be forming, which could put serious strain on a planet that is already dangerously heating up.

When people disappeared from the landscape, as they did during the pandemic, wild animals changed how they used space and resources, scientists found.

El Niño may keep the Atlantic quieter, but it could bring more storms to the Pacific.

The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.

The administration is delaying a phaseout of hydrofluorocarbons, potent planet-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration.