Biodiversity & Conservation
Why the Language of Climate Change Matters
By Kiley Bense
In a Famed Game Park Near the Foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the Animals Are Giving Up
By Georgina Gustin
Two Towns in Washington Take Steps Toward Recognizing the Rights of Southern Resident Orcas
By Katie Surma
To Save Whales, Should We Stop Eating Lobster?
By Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Mother Jones
In a New Book, Annie Proulx Shows Us How to Fall in Love with Wetlands
By Kiley Bense
Expedition Retraces a Legendary Explorer’s Travels Through the Once-Pristine Everglades
By Amy Green
At COP27, the US Said It Will Lead Efforts to Halt Deforestation. But at Home, the Biden Administration Is Considering Massive Old Growth Logging Projects
By Bob Berwyn
Study Shows Protected Forests Are Cooler
By Bob Berwyn
Countries Want to Plant Trees to Offset Their Carbon Emissions, but There Isn’t Enough Land on Earth to Grow Them
By Katie Surma
How Decades of Hard-Earned Protections and Restoration Reversed the Collapse of California’s Treasured Mono Lake
By Bob Berwyn
Q&A: Douglas Brinkley Rates Presidents for Their Environmental Records, Calling Nixon a ‘Reluctant Environmentalist’ and Donald Trump ‘a Zero on This Issue’
By David Shribman
What’s Good for Birds Is Good for People and the Planet. But More Than Half of Bird Species in the U.S. Are in Decline
By Katelyn Weisbrod
Ocean Protection Around Hawaiian Islands Boosts Far-Flung ‘Ahi Populations
By Bob Berwyn
Climate Change and Habitat Loss is Driving Some Primates Down From the Trees and Toward an Uncertain Future
By Bob Berwyn
Amid Punishing Drought, California Is Set to Adopt Rules to Reduce Water Leaks. The Process has Lagged
By Emma Foehringer Merchant
Swimming Against the Tide, a Retired Connecticut Official Won’t Stop Fighting for the Endangered Atlantic Salmon
By Delaney Dryfoos