Culture

These books provide insight into the problems that plague people and the planet, while also offering solutions for a more just future.

May’s publications cover the amazing lives of elephants, butterflies, eels and fungi, and offer solutions for eco-anxiety and other environmental ills.

New books by Carl Safina and other experts offer lessons for making this a better planet — for both humans and wildlife — even while we’re stuck at home.

An art project brings to light how quickly the species we’ve lost can fade from our consciousness.

A new book, The War on the EPA, tracks the history and importance of the government agency — and how efforts to undermine it began decades before Trump.

March’s best books examine how cities (and families) can fight climate change; look at the history of Earth Day; and reveal growing threats to the world’s wild spaces.

Books out this month also address protecting pollinators, Florida panthers and other endangered species.

“I hope to inspire viewers to see these species with new eyes — or to see them at all,” says artist Zoe Keller.

The new book All Hell Breaking Loose explains why top military officials have bucked the anti-climate trend of the Trump administration, but it ignores the elephant in the room. 

New books out this month dig into some of humanity’s ecological ills — and unearth a classic satire that should still inspire.