Voracious demand for fish oil and guano puts the squeeze on shrinking populations of Humboldt penguins in Peru.
Why the Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis
Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention — no matter how much they go viral. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this?
Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention — no matter how much they go viral. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this?
We Didn’t Just Fail to Stop Ebola. We Caused It.
The driver of zoonotic outbreaks isn’t bad luck. It’s habitat destruction, wildlife trade, and decades of ignoring science.
The driver of zoonotic outbreaks isn’t bad luck. It’s habitat destruction, wildlife trade, and decades of ignoring science.
India’s Captive Elephants in the Spotlight After High-Profile Deaths
Activists raise serious concerns about the welfare of the country’s captive elephants and the laundering of wild-caught pachyderms into the captive population.
Activists raise serious concerns about the welfare of the country’s captive elephants and the laundering of wild-caught pachyderms into the captive population.
I Will Love You to Death: A Divemaster’s View on Coral Tourism
Diving on coastal reefs can bring us closer to nature and inspire conservation, but there are steps every ecotourist can take to make it safe and sustainable.
Diving on coastal reefs can bring us closer to nature and inspire conservation, but there are steps every ecotourist can take to make it safe and sustainable.
Whale of the Month: Rice’s Whale
These newly discovered whales are about as rare as rare can get, and the Trump administration isn’t helping.
These newly discovered whales are about as rare as rare can get, and the Trump administration isn’t helping.
Dr. Green: An Environmentalist Scientist Asks About Finding Connections and Inspiring Hope
This week we examine the isolation many environmentalists feel in their work. Here’s how to take action to feel that your work is appreciated and inspire others along the way.
This week we examine the isolation many environmentalists feel in their work. Here’s how to take action to feel that your work is appreciated and inspire others along the way.`
Incredible Journeys: How Hoofing It Helps Deer and Caribou
Migration increases the survival of ungulates like mule deer and caribou, but changing landscapes are hampering their movements — and their future.
Migration increases the survival of ungulates like mule deer and caribou, but changing landscapes are hampering their movements — and their future.
The Armored Catfish Known as L046: Protecting the Unnamed
The international aquarium trade loves new and novel species. But many of these have not been named or identified by science, and we don’t know if the trade is sustainable.
The international aquarium trade loves new and novel species. But many of these have not been named or identified by science, and we don’t know if the trade is sustainable.
Amid National PFAS Frenzy, the ‘Maine Model’ Shows States How to Stop ‘Forever Chemicals’ at the Source
As the federal government continues to water down PFAS protections, states have an opportunity to help their residents — but only if they avoid certain pitfalls and loopholes.
As the federal government continues to water down PFAS protections, states have an opportunity to help their residents — but only if they avoid certain pitfalls and loopholes.
Rewilding Point Reyes National Seashore: Why and How
Restoring this vital landscape and its amazing wildlife will require strategy, collaboration, and vigilance.
Restoring this vital landscape and its amazing wildlife will require strategy, collaboration, and vigilance.
Smuggled Alive: Turtles and Tortoises Trafficked Across the Mexico-U.S. Border
A look inside the illegal turtle and tortoise trade operating through the world’s busiest land border crossing — and the enforcement vacuum making it possible.
A look inside the illegal turtle and tortoise trade operating through the world’s busiest land border crossing — and the enforcement vacuum making it possible.
The Great Forgetting
How memory, civil rights, and environmental history are being quietly erased.
How memory, civil rights, and environmental history are being quietly erased.
America 250: Echoes of the Buy-Centennial
Fifty years ago the United States ‘celebrated’ our nation’s founding with red, white, and blue junk from sea to shining sea. As the Semiquincentennial looms, we still haven’t learned our lesson.
Fifty years ago the United States ‘celebrated’ our nation’s founding with red, white, and blue junk from sea to shining sea. As the Semiquincentennial looms, we still haven’t learned our lesson.
America’s 250th Should Tell the Full Story, Not Rewrite It
As the Trump administration censors history on parks and public lands — a move out of the autocrats’ playbook — people have six ways to honor and defend our shared history.
As the Trump administration censors history on parks and public lands — a move out of the autocrats’ playbook — people have six ways to honor and defend our shared history.
The Extinction of Languages Is an Environmental Issue
More than 2,000 Indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing this century — and with them we could lose vitally important traditional ecological knowledge.
More than 2,000 Indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing this century — and with them we could lose vitally important traditional ecological knowledge.