conservation

Years of drought conditions in the Midwest and Great Plains have opened the door for pests and diseases that are killing trees. Now people working in parks and forests are planting new species they hope can survive the changing conditions.

Every spring, thousands of turtles begin their yearly search for places to forage, mate and lay eggs. Sometimes they have to cross Missouri's roads to do it.

Tree seedlings grown and cultivated at the state tree nursery are sent across Missouri for Arbor Day.

Hear from the staff that grow and package thousands of seedlings each day.

MU Extension and the Department of Conservation are enlisting landowners to plant and care for seedlings

The Missouri Department of Conservation seeks to know where deer are killed during hunting season this year as they added to a chronic wasting disease management zone in Boone County.

Dr. Lúcia Lohmann is a world-renowned botanist. She’s coming back to her second home, St. Louis, to tackle the climate crisis and lead a community institution as the Missouri Botanical Garden’s first woman president.

American burying beetles bring dead animals underground, turn them into preserved meatballs and feed them to their babies. The St. Louis Zoo is working to save the threatened beetle.

Seven illegally poached geese carcasses were reported Sept. 15 by several members of the public, according to a news release from the Missouri Department of Conservation.

A bald eagle is slowly recovering from surgeries after it was shot in Missouri.