Ideas

Environmentalists and journalists tend to describe beavers in the ways they benefit humans. It’s time to change that perception of nature.

A new book about efforts to save endangered snails in Hawai‘i provides valuable insight into threats to global biodiversity.

Both approval and ranked choice voting put fire under the feet of elected officials to do the right thing for the environment — or risk being voted out.

Killing an endangered species is a heinous crime, but the language around the act requires a refocus away from colonialization.

A squid biologist takes to the streets — and Skype — to share scientific knowledge.

“We’re training a workforce of solar warriors,” says the cofounder of Indigenized Energy Initiative.

Many nations have created or promised to create marine protected areas, but they don't all carry the same level of protections.

Saving the planet is tough work. Let’s finish the season right and come out stronger for the environmental fights ahead.

Addressing environmental threats in Antarctica could help spur global action, an expert says.

Even protected places face threats from climate change and encroaching development.