Thousands of fires in the world’s largest tropical wetlands have put the region’s Indigenous communities and Brazil’s unique wildlife at risk.

Antibiotic use in agriculture is a ticking time bomb, posing looming health risks to people and the environment.

Our desire for the companionship of exotic pets from around the world has fueled the spread of disease.

Diseases can cause animal populations to decline or even go extinct. And they’re often worsened by environmental threats caused by people.

Wildlife trade, deforestation, industrial farming and other factors threaten both animals and human health.

Let’s focus on the economic systems that allowed such waste to be created in the first place, while causing needless pollution, animal suffering and threats to human health.

From the mountains of Ethiopia to the ice floes of the Arctic, numerous species could be pushed to the brink. Here’s how.

Manatee deaths from watercraft strikes have doubled in the past five years. But that’s not the only threat they face.

The most widely used class of insecticides is dangerous for much more than its intended target, new research finds.

Releasing captive-bred monarchs doesn’t benefit wild butterflies — in fact, it may make the problem worse.