The Ebro Delta in Spain is known as a major rice-growing region. But rising sea levels are increasing water salinity, while freshwater that feeds the delta is drying up. Both scenarios pose big problems for the future of rice in the region, with agricultural scientists in a race against time to find adaptive rice varieties.

With only about 50 individuals left, Marsican bears live exclusively in an area of central Italy. As the rare bear ventures ever more often into human settlements, locals and officials are struggling to balance conservation with security of livestock and people.

Australia's dingoes have long been seen as pests. But after centuries of being hunted and poisoned, the wild canine is now struggling to survive. As bushfires devastate wildlife, some say it's time to protect dingoes.

Elephants in Hwange National Parks are increasingly venturing into nearby villages — destroying crops, damaging buildings, and even trampling people to death. Rangers say elephants are overpopulating the park — and that tackling this requires more funding.

A Canadian company has gotten permission to drill for oil and gas in Namibia’s Kavango Basin — an important ecosystem that shelters the country’s largest elephant population and feeds water into the world-famous Okavango Delta in neighboring Botswana. Although Namibia says this drilling is mere exploration, environmentalists fear oil development there will harm local communities and wildlife.

Methane is a very powerful greenhouse gas — yet it doesn’t get much attention in climate discussions. Methane emissions, which come mostly from fossil fuels and agriculture, keep going up. So why is this so hard to get a handle on? Rob Jackson, an Earth sciences professor at Stanford University in California and chair of the Global Carbon Project, explains.

From massive wildfires to melting glaciers and rising seas, the climate crisis is becoming graver. And in reaction, ever more people seem to be taking climate cases to court, with six young people in Portugal recently having filed a new lawsuit. As this and other climate cases wend their way through the courts, DW addresses the question: Is climate litigation a growing trend?

In the valley of Kashmir, nestled in the folds of the Himalayas, decades-long armed conflict has pushed environmental issues into the background. But some locals have gotten tired of standing idly by as climate change increases temperatures and melts glaciers. They’ve started working to protect trees and forests, which play a vital role in managing climate change.

The panda is one of conservation's great success stories. After years of decline, their numbers are rebounding and as of 2016, they are no longer considered endangered. But a new study out of China has found that other species aren't doing so well in the panda's habitat. Ecologist Jason Gilchrist explains how this revelation can help guide us to restoring biodiversity.

A strange and special animal, many ecologists say the Tasmanian devil is unfairly depicted as a vicious predator. Although the native species has been officially protected for many years, for the last three decades it's battled a unique threat: a type of contagious face cancer. Across the world, scientists and wildlife experts have been searching for a cure to save these animals from extinction.