Ideas

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.

Isolated on just two islands in southeast Asia, this little-known, forest-dependent wild cat persists in the region experiencing the world’s fastest deforestation.

Hummingbirds are a vital force in one writer’s everyday life. Contemplating their loss is almost too much to bear.

To stay or to leave in search of safer ground makes me wonder how we determine risk in a world that’s so rapidly changing.