Biodiversity & Conservation

‘Legacy’ Forests. ‘Restoration’ Logging. The New Jargon of Conservation Is Awash in Ambiguity. And Politics

By Nathan Gilles, Columbia Insight

Bolivia Has National Rights of Nature Laws. Why Haven’t They Been Enforced?

By Katie Surma

Record-Breaking Heat Waves Add to Risks for Western Monarchs

By Liza Gross

Bad News, Bears? States Take Legal Actions to End Grizzlies’ Endangered Species Protections

By Najifa Farhat

Greening of Antarctica Is Another Sign of Significant Climate Shift on the Frozen Continent

By Bob Berwyn

A Family of Beekeepers Could Lose Their Hives Because of a Massive Pipeline Expansion

By Lisa Sorg

Killer Whales in Chile Have Begun Preying on Dolphins. What Does It Mean?

By Humberto Basilio

In the Heart of Wall Street, Rights of Nature Activists Put the Fossil Fuel Era on Trial

By Katie Surma

Joliet, Illinois, Plans to Source Its Future Drinking Water From Lake Michigan. Will Other Cities Follow?

By Nina B. Elkadi

Unprecedented Numbers of Florida Manatees Have Died in Recent Years. New Habitat Protections Could Help Them

By Amy Green

Baltimore Is Investing in Wetlands Restoration, a Climate Line of Defense

By Aman Azhar

As Climate Changes Fuels Animal Movement, Will These Structures Still Help Species Cross the Road?

By Kiley Price

Can Mississippi Advocates Use a Turtle To Fight a Huge Pearl River Engineering Project?

By Illan Ireland, Mississippi Free Press and Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator

A Walk in the Woods with My Brain on Fire: Summer

Text and photos by David Sassoon

A Nevada Lithium Mine Nears Approval, Despite Threatening the Only Habitat of an Endangered Wildflower

By Wyatt Myskow

Norway’s Plan for Seabed Mining Threatens Arctic Marine Life, Greenpeace Says

By Teresa Tomassoni

Alabama Environmental Group, Fishermen Seek to End ‘Federal Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay

By Dennis Pillion

Ranchers Are Using Toxic Herbicides to Clear Forests in Brazil

By Georgina Gustin