‘Yes to Everything’?

Amid a corporate rush, Alaska must calculate the true price of gold.

Stewart Sinclair

US Forest Service Failing to Protect Old Growth Trees From Logging, Critics say

Biden’s efforts to save mature trees are not getting enough Forest Service support, according to some conservationists.

Oliver Milman The Guardian

A Tough Bird Hits Tough Times

The rufa red knot can survive 9,000-mile migrations, but can it weather the Anthropocene?

Andrew Sharp

Housing Boom Is Wiping Out Zimbabwe’s Tiny Architects

Illegal use of anthills to create farmbricks threatens both insects and the greater ecosystem.

Ray Mwareya

The Paris Olympics Will Promote Sustainable Actions to the Public Worldwide

For good reason: Climate change is putting athletes and their sports at risk.

Brian P. McCullough

For the Love of Alabama

R. Scot Duncan fell for the Southern state two decades ago. He’s been calling attention to its stunning biodiversity ever since.

Kelsey Barnett-Fischels

Are Black Vultures Being Scapegoated for Livestock Deaths?

New bill would make it easier for ranchers to kill the protected birds, despite insufficient data on vulture predation.

Ian Rose

To Save Native Plant Communities, Diversify the Field

So says ecologist working to save one of California’s most endangered ecosystems and promote LGBTQ+ visibility in science.

Anna Marija Helt

Biden Attacks Republican Climate Deniers as He Unveils Extreme-Heat Rules

President hails proposal to protect millions of Americans from the nation's top weather-related killer.

Dharna Noor The Guardian

Buying Baja

In Mexico's iconic peninsula, locals fight rich outsiders and rampant development that threaten to transform the coast and dry up aquifers.

Krista Langlois Photos and video by Kristina Blanchflower

Guardians of
the Forest

The rural community of Segunda y Cajas in northern Peru leads efforts to protect one of the most biodiverse areas and vital sources of water for the region.

Leslie Moreno Custodio

A Radical Way to Recover Forest

Deforestation has left scars in Ecuador’s San Andres Valley. But in one village, residents are giving nature a respite by protecting their micro forests.

Jonathan Palma Lavayen

South Africa’s Vanishing Succulents

Poaching in the country’s arid southwest is putting endemic plants at risk of extinction.

Nina Green

Lawmakers Take Aim at Community Air Monitoring in Louisiana

Republican legislators have blunted the impact of citizen-led air monitoring, which is set to receive millions from the feds.

Terry L. Jones Floodlight

For the Love of Leopards

Conservationists — and their cameras — fight for big cats in Central Asia’s Badhyz Reserve.

Panagioti Tsolkas

Young Alaskans Sue State Over Fossil Fuel Project

Plaintiffs claim $38.7bn gas export project, which would triple state’s greenhouse gas emissions, infringes constitutional rights.

Dharna Noor The Guardian