Biodiversity

Nearly 200 Countries Approve a Biodiversity Accord Enshrining Human Rights and the ‘Rights of Nature’

The nonbinding agreement nods to a growing understanding that future conservation efforts must promote the well-being of Indigenous peoples—and that forests, mountains and rivers have rights of their own.

By Katie Surma

Proposed EU Nature Restoration Law Could be the First Big Step Toward Achieving COP15’s Ambitious Plan to Staunch Biodiversity Loss

By Bob Berwyn

Conservation has a Human Rights Problem. Can the New UN Biodiversity Plan Solve it? 

By Katie Surma

In the Amazon, the World’s Largest Reservoir of Biodiversity, Two-Thirds of Species Have Lost Habitat to Fire and Deforestation

By Georgina Gustin

New Report: Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss Must Be Tackled Together, Not Separately

By Georgina Gustin

Warming Trends: Google Earth Shows Climate Change in Action, a History of the World Through Bat Guano and Bike Riding With Monarchs

By Katelyn Weisbrod

California Farmers Work to Create a Climate Change Buffer for Migratory Water Birds

By Liza Gross

Warming Trends: The Top Plastic Polluter, Mother-Daughter Climate Talk and a Zero-Waste Holiday

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Warming Trends: A Climate Win in Austin, the Demise of Butterflies and the Threat of Food Pollution

By Katelyn Weisbrod

California Ranchers and Activists Face Off Over a Federal Plan to Cull a Beloved Tule Elk Herd

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Targeted Ecosystem Restoration Can Protect Climate, Biodiversity

By Bob Berwyn

The Newest Threat to a Warming Alaskan Arctic: Beavers

By Bob Berwyn

Global Warming Shortens Spring Feeding Season for Mule Deer in Wyoming

By Bob Berwyn

‘We Need to Hear These Poor Trees Scream’: Unchecked Global Warming Means Big Trouble for Forests

By Bob Berwyn

Unchecked Global Warming Could Collapse Whole Ecosystems, Maybe Within 10 Years

By Bob Berwyn

In a Race Against Global Warming, Robins Are Migrating Earlier

By Bob Berwyn

Our Growing Food Demands Will Lead to More Corona-like Viruses

By Georgina Gustin

Ocean Warming Is Speeding Up, with Devastating Consequences, Study Shows

By Bob Berwyn

UN Proposes Protecting 30% of Earth to Slow Extinctions and Climate Change

By Phil McKenna