A Last Chance for Animals and Plants Extinct in the Wild

Study maps 72 species that are now confined to zoos and botanical gardens, on the brink of complete extinction.

Duda Menegassi

Why My Small Park Matters, and So Does Yours

If you’re skeptical about their value, just ask a kid.

Eric Freedman

Forensics for Wildlife

In Eswatini, Africa, a molecular biologist will help prosecute poachers.

Nokukhanya Musi-Aimienoho

The Proposed Ambler Road Will Harm Alaska’s Kobuk River Ecosystem and its People

The road would cut across one of the wildest places in Alaska.

George Wuerthner

Ecuadorians Vote to Halt Oil Drilling in Biodiverse Amazonian National Park

Referendum result protecting Yasuní reserve will benefit huge range of species as well as Indigenous peoples.

Dan Collyns The Guardian

Reef Relief

Can probiotics save corals from a devastating tissue loss disease?

Scarlett Buckley

Land and Blood

How property quietly passes hands in Ecuador.

Gabriela Verdezoto Landívar

Swimmable Cities Are a Climate Solution

Amid scorching heat, cities around the world are rethinking access to waterways.

Sarah Amandolare

Ecuador’s Napo River is Dying. Again.

New mining operations are killing all life in the Amazon tributary and impacting local communities

Gabriela Verdezoto Landívar

Divided by Gold

Mining seeds conflict between and within communities in Ecuador.

Gabriela Verdezoto Landívar

Me First

America 19th, the Planet Last.

Tom Engelhardt

‘The Cruelty Olympics’: Texas Workers Condemn Elimination of Water Breaks

Outdoor workers express anger and fear of potential repercussions after Gov. Greg Abbott rescinds mandatory breaks amid extreme heat.

Aliya Uteuova The Guardian

New Science Standards Bring Climate to the Classroom

More and more educators are acknowledging the need to prepare young people for the future.

Jennifer Clare Ball

An Aging Population and Climate Change Are Putting More People at Risk of Extreme Heat

Older adults, often drawn to hotter climates, are more vulnerable to triple-digit temperatures.

Taste Erasers

How chemicals are eroding one of life’s simple pleasures.

Rachel Kester

Wildfire Smoke is Alive with Microbes

Scientists are looking downwind of fire to understand smoke's full ecological footprint.

Anna Marija Helt