Ideas

The pioneering researcher shares what he’s learned from studying environmental racism — and the movement working for justice — for more than four decades.

The Climate Narrative Project, started by author Jeff Biggers, is training a new generation of storytellers to help us meet the challenges of climate change.

How will the border wall affect jaguars, bears, birds, bees and other wildlife? And what other solutions might work better without harming people or ecosystems?

The Story of Stuff Project’s Stiv Wilson talks about an upcoming film that traces the life cycle of plastic and the people leading the fight against it.

Environmental and constitutional law scholar Dan Farber explains what a climate change emergency declaration could achieve.

Asking why elephants travel to specific areas can help us to better understand and reduce human-elephant conflict.

Citizen scientists can use simple tools to study the DNA of plants and animals in their communities and help contribute to our understanding of the world.

Scientist Ellen Wohl explains why the administration’s decision to rewrite a key component of the Clean Water Act is scientifically unsound and dangerous.

A look back at the circuitous, bloody history of attempts to remove wolves from the Endangered Species Act.

Many ecologically important insects spend most of their lives in streams, but new research shines a light on how humans put them at risk.