Ideas

Cat Tale, a new book by journalist Craig Pittman, takes us on a wild ride into the science and politics of saving an iconic species. 

A vulnerable culture living in a severely degraded section of the Colombian Amazon is in desperate need of international respect and support.

How do we make the most of the thousands of wildlife images generated by camera traps every day? A new service aims to provide insight and help conservation efforts.

From the extinction crisis to environmental justice, these articles showcase what we have to lose and how people are working to make a brighter future.

Expert contributors took us to the Arctic, the borderlands and everywhere in between.

Knowing what we’re going through weighs heavily on us, but there are ways to express and alleviate that pain.

Conservation lacks a common definition of species recovery. A new tool called the "Green List of Species" could change that by focusing more on ecological function than population size.

Construction of the largest solid-waste landfill in Europe threatens to permanently damage the health of Russia’s rural citizens and trash the country’s reputation.

New legislative efforts to ban plastics are important, but a recent court ruling in Texas reminds us that enforcing existing laws is a crucial part of the plastics fight.

A new book explains why policymakers nearly 100 years ago chose to ignore the best science on the Colorado River’s flow — and the dangers if we repeat their mistake.