Ever wonder what the difference is between fungi and mushrooms? Think of fungi as the larger main organisms, and mushrooms as ...

As we’ve seen with tigers and other threatened species, captive lion breeding may stimulate consumer demand and put ...

We’ve collected some of the best remembrances of the conservation icon and gathered a reading list of great books by and ...

From poisonings to collisions with power lines, these birds face many threats. But as they decline, so does their ability to ...

On a recent, pre-pandemic journey to the High Andes of Colombia, I found myself surrounded by one of the region’s emblematic species, the flowering shrubs known locally as frailejones or “big monks.” ...

Left Out to Dry: Wildlife Threatened by Colorado River Basin Water Crisis Lost in much of the coverage of the region’s water woes is the ecological crisis caused by prolonged drought, climate warming ...

Tim Lydon writes from Alaska on public-lands and conservation issues. He has worked on public lands for much of the past three decades, both as a guide and for land-management agencies, and is a ...

Messengers of the Eternal: Trees in Life and Literature To plant a tree is to affirm one’s faith in the future, while at the same time reckoning with the sadness inherent in the comparative brevity of ...

Will the Race for Electric Vehicles Endanger the Earth’s Most Sensitive Ecosystem? Materials needed to make the batteries for electric cars and other clean technology is driving interest in ...

John R. Platt is the editor of The Revelator and an award-winning environmental journalist whose work has appeared in dozens of publications around the world. His “Extinction Countdown” column has run ...

Atlantic salmon are perilously close to extinction in the United States. Taking down a few dams could go a long way to aiding their recovery, experts say.

Feeling Anxiety About Climate Change and Other Environmental Threats? These Five New Books Can Help Advice to help recharge your momentum and resilience makes these books must-reads for anyone who ...