Voracious demand for fish oil and guano puts the squeeze on shrinking populations of Humboldt penguins in Peru.

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

For Bald Eagles, the Descendants of the Destroyers Became the Restorers This excerpt from the new book The Earth Said Remember Me looks at the shifting baselines around the United States’ national ...

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

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

Two incidents that generated worldwide headlines in recent months have called attention to the often-overlooked plight of India’s captive elephants. In the first, an elderly female elephant died three ...

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 ...

Environmentalists, myself included, pay close attention to gloomy topics like species extinctions and Earth’s dwindling life-support systems. It’s not for the love of dark matters that we keep tabs on ...

New Environmental Books: Spring-to-Summer Reads to Brighten and Enlighten Whether you decide on a vacation or staycation, plan on finding inspiration in these books about owls, reptiles, climate ...