Ideas

The United States has failed to take leadership in the Convention on Biological Diversity. Its most biodiverse state can fill that gap.

This miniature monkey from Brazil faces a losing battle with disease, invasive species and an ever-shrinking habitat.

As climate change pushes people and families across international borders, they’ll find few protections. That can be fixed.

This critically endangered, fanged deer species is losing out to the snaring crisis in Laos and Vietnam.

The COVID-19 pandemic put much of the tourism industry on hold. Once restrictions are lifted, we need to be wary of what comes next.

A new book from ecologist Chad Hanson explains why misunderstanding fire is dangerous for communities, wildlife and fighting climate change.

This is not your regular anteater. It’s one of the world’s only scaly mammals, representing millions of years of evolution.

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.