One species she discovered, a critically endangered plant, eluded modern researchers for decades but has recently been rediscovered — as has Barber herself.

This month’s best and worst environmental stories also include a rebounding lynx, a climate lawsuit boom, and a spa for frogs.

For cartoonist Tom Toro, humor about climate change attacks hypocrisy, supports truth, and fuels resistance.

We have the word on several great new books, including a look at how to fight climate disinformation and a satire of the extinction crisis.

Researchers in Barbados found that ecotourism sea-turtle encounters created some very human problems for the animals.

The North American plants look pretty, but they also causes havoc in places where humans have allowed them to spread.

One scientist’s passion for owl stamps shows: It’s not just about the collection. It’s about what you do with it.

To understand the problem, look to three monkey species, each of whom face the threat in different (and not always successful) ways.

But at the same time, it doesn’t take much to do tremendous damage to endangered species.

With a habitat of just 2-3 acres, the entire Hendrix’s liveforever species could be wiped out by a single tractor.