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Fish in the northern reaches of the planet are adapted to thrive in some of the most dynamic conditions, but new research finds that some species are showing decline.

We’ve collected our best articles and essays about the links between racism, pollution, climate change and more.

The pandemic has revealed the truth about Thailand’s unsustainable and exploitative elephant tourism sector — and a chance to rethink the relationship between humans and elephants.

Climate Interactive’s new online tool and its history of deep relationship building helps show that our international climate goals remain in reach. 

A warming planet will unleash the carbon and methane locked away in frozen Arctic soils. How bad will it be? Researcher Christina Schädel explains the risk.

The strategy represents hope for people and wildlife, and can be a model for governments, but it still lacks critical funding to carry out its goals.

The administration has brazenly axed another long list of environmental protections — when it should have been healing a nation wounded by the pandemic and racist violence.

The ongoing crisis of racially motivated police violence — and the government’s violent response to demonstrations against those actions — reminds us that change requires justice.

Energy policy expert Leah Stokes explains who’s pushing climate delay and denial — it’s not just fossil fuel companies — and what we need to do now.

The world’s smallest bears face oversized pressure from poaching, traditional medicine and the illegal pet trade. The COVID-19 pandemic could make things even worse.