Ideas

Any work to achieve human-rights gains will be upended unless we address our climate and biodiversity crises.

The slow-moving coup threatens not just democracy but meaningful action on climate, extinction and environmental justice.

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

This fearless carnivore lives a secretive life and digs fantastic tunnels — but that can’t protect it from poachers and snares.

The combined extinctions of Hawai‘i’s biodiversity and elements of Hawaiian culture represent the great unravelling of an eco-civilization.

A conservation scientist would miss these delightfully bizarre fish if they went extinct, but there’s more to saving them than their looks.

Erica Cirino’s new book, Thicker Than Water, examines the plastic pollution crisis — and its solutions — from oilfield to landfill.

Are you angry about the extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 other species? Good. Use it.

The new infrastructure bill would fund new habitat for pollinators — and help people and wildlife in the process.

Thor Hanson’s new book explains the biology behind climate change and why some species may be better able to survive a quickly changing planet.