Humans are to blame for the decline of these amazing apes — but people are also responsible for saving orphaned orangutans ...

She studies the behavior and cognition of orangutans, allowing us to learn more about the fascinating lives of these illusive ...

Ecosystems have also come under threat from toxic plants whose spread has been difficult to control during the Russian ...

Tiny pygmy hogs almost went extinct a few decades ago, but a dedicated conservation team is helping give them a second chance ...

When catastrophe becomes celebrity, we stop witnessing and start scrolling, turning suffering into spectacle. But we can ...

In two powerful new graphic novels, Peter Kuper tackles climate change, disappearing insects, and other tough environmental topics — but gives us reasons to avoid despair.

The most polluted place in the United States — perhaps the world — is one most people don’t even know. Hanford Nuclear Site sits in the flat lands of eastern Washington. The facility — one of three ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our latest group of reviews showcases books that remind us about what we’re saving — and why we do it.

Advice to help recharge your momentum and resilience makes these books must-reads for anyone who feels helpless or hopeless about climate chaos.

Subsidized water cultivated the West, but this required becoming increasingly profligate with the region’s scarcest resource. The West uses too much water. For such a simple problem, the obvious ...