Eight wolves remain — and last year, for the first time, there were no new pups.

The British journal Nature has devoted much of its May issue to a special report on the subject, aiming for even-handed coverage of what it calls "the messy middle ground."

This is not really a mixed picture. The trend lines on groundwater withdrawal are steady and steep. Responses so far have been scattered and inconsistent. 

It takes the planet 1.6 years to replenish the resources we consume annually. If all the world lived as Americans do, we’d consume four planet equivalents per year.

In "Nature's Fortune," Mark Tercek calls for greater cooperation between conservationists and capitalists in preserving nature as green infrastructure. 

Each scientist and study referenced in The Economist's analysis predicts global temperatures will keep rising. Their disagreements are over the amount of that rise.

Steve Ellis, a beekeeper from Barrett, raises a new concern: Surviving bees are losing strength.

The deal represents a dramatic turnabout in the company's public position of just a few weeks ago, when it seemed to be daring EPA to shut the Badger down.

Revisions to Minnesota's threatened and endangered lists show species heading in the wrong direction by a 5:1 ratio.