Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it ...

This excerpt from the new book The Earth Said Remember Me looks at the shifting baselines around the United States’ national ...

The driver of zoonotic outbreaks isn’t bad luck. It’s habitat destruction, wildlife trade, and decades of ignoring science.

Diving on coastal reefs can bring us closer to nature and inspire conservation, but there are steps every ecotourist can take ...

Activists raise serious concerns about the welfare of the country’s captive elephants and the laundering of wild-caught ...

Most species on the brink of extinction are on the Endangered Species list because there is almost no place left for them to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...