Ideas

…but we’ll be back soon, rested and ready to take on the biggest environmental and conservation challenges of the day.

Illegal wildlife trade has made these beautiful animals one of the most endangered turtle species in the world.

A timber sale looms over hiking trails, a nearby city’s water supply, and already-vulnerable salmon and orca populations.

We can’t ignore other racial injustices while fighting the climate and extinction crises.

Conservationists are working to preserve eastern Montana’s intact prairie and return its assemblage of native wildlife.

This striking insect just gained Endangered Species Act protection, but its habitat is still disappearing.

As the United Kingdom proposes to ban trophy imports, hunting proponents ramp up their efforts to dismiss their critics.

Industrial waste from a mill is leaching into the groundwater and polluting the Clark Fork River. A major flood could cause an even bigger catastrophe.

Scientists “tromp out there into far-away places” to learn how to help recover three elusive, high-mountain predators: wolverines, Canada lynx and Cascade red foxes. 

New international agreements are a step in the right direction, but the real work to ensure robust and equitable protections is just beginning.