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15,000 Wild Jaguars Left, Humans Must Work Together Across Borders to Protect
By Lucy EJ WoodsIn early April the mutilated body of a jaguar was discovered in Mexico's Yaxchilán Natural Monument.Researchers investigating the death quickly concluded that the animal, which had...
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Orangutans, Coal, Climate and Resistance: The 13 Best Environmental Books of May
By John R. PlattLooking for something new to read? We've got you covered. Here are our picks for the best environmentally themed books of May 2019 — and it's quite a collection, with 13 new titles...
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Can the Environmental Movement Carry a ‘Green Wave’ Into 2020?
By Nathaniel StinnettAmericans are finally beginning to understand the severity of the climate crisis. Nearly three-quarters of Americans now say global warming is "personally important" to them, even...
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Can Congress Find the Political Will to Solve Our Flood Problems?
By Tara LohanIt's been the wettest 12 months on record in the continental United States. Parts of the High Plains and Midwest are still reeling from deadly, destructive and expensive spring floods —...
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Why Don’t We Hear About More Species Going Extinct?
By John R. PlattWe've been hearing it for years: The world is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis, with species going extinct at a rate 1,000 times faster because of human impact on the...
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Extinction Risk and Rebellion: 15 Environmental Books Coming in June
By John R. PlattWhen 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke to the British Houses of Parliament last month, she had harsh words for the politicians in the audience: "You did not act in...
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How to Protect Sharks From Overfishing
By David ShiffmanHow can we better protect sharks and rays from overfishing?These related species — which, along with chimaeras, are known collectively as chondrichthyans — include some of the most...
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How Citizen Scientists Could Help Rescue Public Health From Polluters
By Erica CirinoIn the early 2000s, residents of a small, Rust Belt city called Tonawanda, New York, began noticing something strange: Over the years, it seemed, an increasing number of people were...
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Dragon Quest: Australia Kicks off Search for Possibly Extinct Lizard
By John R. PlattGot good eyesight and some time on your hands? Australia needs you.Zoos Victoria has issued a public appeal to help find a lizard species that hasn't been credibly observed in 50...
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'Artifishal': New Film Asks, Have We Reached the End of Wild?
That salmon sitting in your neighborhood grocery store's fish counter won't look the same to you after watching Artifishal, a new film from Patagonia.The project, which got its start when Patagonia...
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How Social Media Often Supports Animal Cruelty and the Illegal Pet Trade
By Ashley EdesWhether you find it fascinating or disquieting, people recognize the inherent similarities between us and our closest primate relatives, especially the great apes. As a primatologist I...
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Another Reason to Protect Elephants: Frogs Love Their Feet
By John R. PlattSome of the tiniest creatures in Myanmar benefit from living near the largest species in the area.Newly published research reveals that frogs are laying their eggs in the rain-filled...
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Cigarette Waste: New Solutions for the World’s Most-Littered Trash
By Tara LohanBy now it's no secret that plastic waste in our oceans is a global epidemic. When some of it washes ashore — plastic bottles, plastic bags, food wrappers — we get a stark reminder. And...
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'Up in Arms': New Book Explores the Bundys, Militias and the Battle Over...
By Tara LohanWhen armed militants with a grudge against the federal government seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in rural Oregon back in the winter of 2016, I remember avoiding the news...
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Plastic, Insects, Salmon and Climate Change: The 13 Best Environmental Books...
By John R. PlattSummer is officially upon us, which means it's time to pick the season's best beach reads. And there's no rule that says beach reads have to be frothy and lightweight. Why not choose...
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This Land: New Book Exposes the Biggest Threats to the Wild West
By Tara LohanIf you're a lover of wilderness, wildlife, the American West and the public lands on which they all depend, then journalist Christopher Ketcham's new book is required — if depressing —...
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Who Eats Lemurs — and Why?
By John R. PlattFor years now conservationists have warned that many of Madagascar's iconic lemur species face the risk of extinction due to rampant deforestation, the illegal pet trade and the...
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Will the Future Be Rural?
By Tara LohanDespite the warning signs — climate change, biodiversity loss, depleted soils and a shrinking supply of cheap energy — we continue to push along with an economy fueled by perpetual growth...
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From Kochland to Standing Rock: Here Are the 16-plus Best Environmental Books...
By John R. PlattThings are heating up — and not just because it's August. This past June was the hottest June on record, and as of this writing July was shaping up to follow. That makes this month's...
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Report: ‘No Evidence That Fracking Can Operate Without Threatening Public...
By Tara LohanIn 2010 when I first started writing about hydraulic fracturing — the process of blasting a cocktail of water and chemicals into shale to release trapped hydrocarbons — there were more...
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