After decades of neighborhood advocacy, Lower Paul Park is entering design and construction planning. New trail funding could help turn Atlanta’s Riverside riverfront vision into reality.

A 391-acre stretch of rare old-growth forest near Houston is now permanently protected as part of San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge. The addition gives migratory birds a vital stopover in a shrinking Texas ecosystem.

Gotham Whale has identified its 500th individual humpback in New York waters, marking a conservation milestone with a dangerous catch.