What persuades people to help protect threatened species and ecosystems? Most scientists think facts alone will change minds. They’re wrong.

Experts say new international trade restrictions will help, but they leave several problems unsolved.

If a book contains critical conservation messages but nobody reads it, does it make a difference?

Saving endangered species sometimes means knowing where they used to live — before scientists started studying them. For that, we need historical ecologists.

Sharks rarely bite people, so why are so many people afraid of them? It has a lot to do with the media, says shark scientist David Shiffman in a new book.

New research reveals that one third of sharks and their relatives are at risk. But the scientists say several clear policy choices can help.

A troubling new report finds that one third of sharks and their relatives are threatened with extinction. How did the international research team perform this analysis during the pandemic?

Clickbait stories of happy animals returning to suddenly quiet habitats paint an overly rosy picture of COVID-19’s impact on the marine environment.

A new report concludes U.S. waters “have insufficient protections for a healthy future,” and that the problem has gotten worse under the Trump administration.

Here’s why the action is so harmful, how it’s possibly illegal, and why it won’t help struggling fishing communities.