Poverty and hunger drive wild meat consumption in some regions of Madagascar, but wealthier citizens also drive illegal trade in lemurs. Will emerging solutions help?

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

New books this month also examine environmental racism, wildlife coexistence and the history lessons of acid rain.

Well, more specifically their footprints. New research finds that elephants create foot-shaped habitats for breeding frogs as they travel through the forest in Myanmar.

Massive traditional fish traps called fish fences catch hundreds of types of fish — many before they’re old enough to reproduce.

The Victorian grasslands earless dragon hasn’t been observed for 50 years, but conservationists haven’t given up hope yet.

This month brings new books from Greta Thunberg, Robert Macfarlane, the activists behind Extinction Rebellion and other conservation experts.

Just like climate deniers, they’re out to obfuscate and debase the scientists and conservationists trying to save the world — and maybe get rid of a few pesky species in the process.

The extinction crisis threatens life all over the planet, but scientists are cautious about declaring a species extinct too quickly.

Ranchers pay just $1.35 a month to graze cattle on public lands and national forests. You couldn’t feed a cat or dog for 10 times that amount.