Culture

April’s best new eco-books look toward solutions to the extinction crisis, climate change, water shortages, environmental justice and more.

A new book digs through dark caves and historical documents to tell the story of the now-extinct giant short-faced bear, which disappeared around the time of the mammoths.

A modern movement to restore the lake symbolizes the broader contest between unsustainable industrialization and challenges such as climate change.

Seven new environmental books offer practical advice, lessons from successful conservation projects and inspiration in troubled times.

California’s stressed blue oak woodlands abound with beauty and teem with uncertainty.

While in lockdown, artist Mesa Schumacher took her fans around the world by drawing a new species every day.

The Global South and communities of color in Global North countries disproportionately face harms from climate change, writes Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate in her new book, A Bigger Picture.

A climb in the Cascades to hear the voices of American pikas living at the edge of crisis.

Whether you’re into literary fiction, thrillers, sci-fi or comics, these new novels help us explore the complex geographies of climate change, pollution and the extinction crisis.

Warming temperatures are transforming northern peatlands — with potentially dire consequences for biodiversity and the climate.