These new comics collections use satire, poetry, and science to shine a light on human failures — and who and what we need to save.
‘We Can Be That Voice’ — Building Community Through Bold Protests
Animal-rights activists come together in San Diego to stand up for tortured animals and hope others will follow.
Animal-rights activists come together in San Diego to stand up for tortured animals and hope others will follow.
Meet the Passionate Advocates Trying to Save Western Monarch Butterflies
Western monarchs face myriad threats. A network of advocates is doing everything they can to mitigate the dangers and unravel mysteries about monarch movements and behavior.
Western monarchs face myriad threats. A network of advocates is doing everything they can to mitigate the dangers and unravel mysteries about monarch movements and behavior.
Protect This Place: Otay Mountain — Boon of Biodiversity on the Border
Home to important plant and animal species, this mountain and its spectacular views face threats from climate change, wildfires, and the border wall.
Home to important plant and animal species, this mountain and its spectacular views face threats from climate change, wildfires, and the border wall.
Seagrass Gardening
From tiny seeds come big results: replanting seagrass meadows that help fish, protect coastlines, and absorb climate-heating carbon dioxide.
From tiny seeds come big results: replanting seagrass meadows that help fish, protect coastlines, and absorb climate-heating carbon dioxide.
Saguaro Struggles: A Desert Icon Feels the Heat
Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran saguaros.
Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran saguaros.
Cash for Corals: Exploiting Ecosystems on Their Way to Extinction
Experts say the growing commercial trade in wild, threatened species like corals is unacceptable and irresponsible.
Experts say the growing commercial trade in wild, threatened species like corals is unacceptable and irresponsible.
The Curlew, the Cactus, and the Obliterated Whitefish: The Species We Lost in 2024
Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.
Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.
The Silent Threat Beneath Our Feet: How Deregulation Fuels the Spread of Forever Chemicals
The Trump administration has already rolled back planned limits on PFAS chemicals, which have been linked to cancer and other health problems.
The Trump administration has already rolled back planned limits on PFAS chemicals, which have been linked to cancer and other health problems.
19 Books About Wolves
These howling good books examine how we’ve persecuted wolves, how we’ve helped to restore them, and how they embody humanity’s relationship with nature.
These howling good books examine how we’ve persecuted wolves, how we’ve helped to restore them, and how they embody humanity’s relationship with nature.
Earth Doesn’t Burn: (Back) Toward a Fire-Wise Infrastructure in Southern California
Earthen homes present an opportunity for building sustainably, but first we need to overcome several institutional barriers.
Earthen homes present an opportunity for building sustainably, but first we need to overcome several institutional barriers.
Climate Change and Sewage: A Dangerous Combination for Coastal Communities
Storm surges and sea-level rise damage sanitation systems and threaten ecosystems and human health. We need to take this risk.
Storm surges and sea-level rise damage sanitation systems and threaten ecosystems and human health. We need to take this risk.
What Can Psychology Offer Biodiversity Protection?
The new field of conservation psychology offers valuable lessons for protecting the world’s wildlife — as well as ourselves.
The new field of conservation psychology offers valuable lessons for protecting the world’s wildlife — as well as ourselves.
By Shutting Down USAID, Trump and Musk Will Worsen the Climate and Extinction Crises
The agency supports critical efforts to reduce wildlife trafficking, deforestation, land violence, and other threats around the world.
The agency supports critical efforts to reduce wildlife trafficking, deforestation, land violence, and other threats around the world.
This Month in Conservation Science: The Dead Whale and the Pediatricians
Other new research this month looked at snow leopards, wolves, wildlife crossings, newly discovered species, and … scorpion copulation?
Other new research this month looked at snow leopards, wolves, wildlife crossings, newly discovered species, and … scorpion copulation?
Saving the Ryukyu Rabbit Tick: The Posterchild of Parasite Conservation
This endangered invertebrate is harmless to humans — and rabbits. Saving it from extinction might even benefit both species.
This endangered invertebrate is harmless to humans — and rabbits. Saving it from extinction might even benefit both species.