Conservation

The Bonehenge Whale Center is a place where scientists and volunteers conduct conservation and education efforts around whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

The Walton Farm is now under a conservation easement — meaning the 40-acre undeveloped land is protected for future generations.

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s plan lays out a “one-stop shop” on the past and future of the Virginia big-eared bat.

Gut microbes isolated in the feces of the “near threatened” southern white rhino species may hold the key to conservation efforts.

Environmental advocates say the new land management plan from the U.S. Forest Service allows for too much logging in the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests. The new document was released late last week after 10 years of planning.

In the last nine years, Wake County lost nearly 20% of its farm and forest land.

This voracious species feeds on the juveniles of commercially important fish like grouper and snapper.

Even right whales that survive entanglements have fewer babies and worse health outcomes.

The founder of Epic Games is donating a large stretch of North Carolina's Appalachian highlands to be preserved as a haven for wildlife.

Hundreds of sea turtles climb onto North Carolina’s shores to lay eggs each year. The state has about 330 miles of ocean-facing beach that is potential…