By focusing on reusable products, some organizations are helping to break our addiction to single-use plastic.

America’s waters are contaminated by poop and bacteria. Use our maps to find the worst waste locations near you.

On July 18 a petroleum tanker truck ran off U.S. Highway 101 on the northern Olympic Peninsula, overturning and spilling 3,000 gallons of diesel into a tributary of the Elwha. While the Lower Elwha ...

Laurel Neme is the author of Animal Investigators: How the World’s First Forensics Lab is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species. Her work has appeared on National Geographic, Mongabay and other ...

As the climate crisis escalates, a huge amount of attention and money is being focused on climate solutions. These can be divided into two categories: solutions that pursue “mitigation,” which lowers ...

Climate change threatens species around the world. At the same time, many animals can help us in the fight against climate ...

Climate change threatens species around the world. At the same time, many animals can help us in the fight against climate change — if we let them.

Protect This Place: Elijio Panti National Park, a Mayan Heritage Site in the Heart of Belize’s Rainforest A logging concession granted to a furniture company threatens to disrupt the park, its ...

The recently enacted High Seas Treaty offers an opportunity to protect the ocean like never before.

Drones, Algae and Fish Ears: What We’re Learning Before the World’s Largest Dam-removal Project — and What We Could Miss Scientists studying conditions on the Klamath River hope to help recovery ...

In January 2015 North Dakota experienced one of the worst environmental disasters in its history: A pipeline burst, spilling nearly 3 million gallons of briny, saltwater waste from nearby oil-drilling ...