Culture

A trip to a remote Newfoundland island to visit one of the last strongholds of the extinct great auks.

These books offer essential lessons for talking to a science-denying neighbor, local elected officials, your kids or the corporations causing our worst problems.

If we are to successfully restore the natural world, we’ll need to focus on some of the smallest creatures in the ecosystem, says the author of the new book, Rebugging the Planet.

Hummingbirds are a vital force in one writer’s everyday life. Contemplating their loss is almost too much to bear.

What if moose, mighty and massive, went the way of bison and other once-abundant species?

Pesticides, sewage, mining waste, air pollution and trash — these new books address the toxic elements in our society.

“Weird Plants” author Chris Thorogood, a botanist and an artist, calls on us to see the marvels of plant life and the urgency of saving it.

A storm in Texas connects with the plight of corals around the world.

In the diminishing refrains of a bird’s call, signs of our world disappearing around us.

An ambitious initiative aims to protect a 2,000-mile segment of the Continental Divide ecoregion and change how we think of conservation.