A new book reveals how understanding what we’ve lost can inspire us to change course and conserve what remains.

President Soeharto declared the Javan hawk-eagle Indonesia’s national bird in 1993, inspiring corruption, trafficking, and cronyism — as well as conservation efforts.

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 ...

Much of the burden of the United States’ farmed fish industry lies upstream, in the factories of poorer countries, where ...

Ian Urbina is the founder of the Outlaw Ocean Project, a journalism nonprofit that produces reporting about environmental and ...

Many people are learning about data centers and advocating for their communities’ interests. Some are experienced community advocates, while others are organizing for the first time.

is the author of Dirt Time, Finding Meaning in Nature: Animal Tracking and Bird Language as Spiritual Practice. He was born in Sonoma County, California, in 1936 and has watched the population double ...

About a decade ago, I traveled through the Rasuwa region of Nepal as a conservation and environmental protection worker. I remember looking at the Himalayas with a kind of pride that is difficult to ...

John Yunker John Yunker is author of the novels The Tourist Trail and Where Oceans Hide Their Dead and coauthor (with Midge Raymond) of Devils Island. He is cofounder of Ashland Creek Press and editor ...

No, they’re not creatures of myth or cartoons. The “unicorns of the sea” are real — and they’re incredible.

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 ...