Ideas

We’re just getting warmed up.

Dr. Danielle Ignace has found a way to unify her Native American and Western science identities to better understand big ecosystem changes.

A nearly extinct population of this wide-ranging species represents a unique element of biodiversity in the Caucasus.

Planting trees is not a silver bullet. It’s time to change the narrative from tree-planting to tree-growing.

Invasive predators have cornered these endangered Patagonian frogs in the last remnant of their habitat.

Hope is often touted as an important ingredient in conservation success. Our research found that it’s vital — but only if it’s combined with another key element.

Residents of northeastern Oklahoma still suffer from the toxic fallout of shuttered mines. 

The values of Zimbabwe’s and Namibia’s ivory stockpiles have been grossly overstated, and their proposed sale would lead to another poaching epidemic.

This vulnerable, fish-eating small carnivore still lives in stream-fed forests of northeastern Bangladesh and other countries. But it faces increasing threats.

These plans sound ambitious, but what does it actually take to reach net-zero and, more importantly, will it be enough to slow climate change?