Ideas

New research argues that most animals enjoy positive experiences throughout their lives, and that can help their conservation.

New research shows when human actions started to fragment elephant habitat in Asia and how that could help conservation efforts.

This remarkable species lives in forests of towering trees. Locals call it the “ghost of the forest,” because it’s so hard to find and moves so quickly.

What if governments finally decided to act on climate change and environmental degradation?

As new technologies supercharge the field of bioacoustics, researchers can better listen to environmental changes — and use the information to guide conservation efforts.

One of the world’s oldest and rarest trees survives at a secret gorge in Australia, but it still faces many threats — from fire to fungi.

A shiny black insect returns from the dead and inspires intercontinental collaboration to make its way back home.

Every crisis is connected. We must address the biodiversity crisis, the climate emergency, and poverty and injustice at the same time.

A new book looks at efforts to recover dwindling populations and what more is needed.

Conservationists racing to save one of Hawai‘i’s last honeycreeper species get creative, allowing birds to choose their own mates.