Ideas

In Idaho, a breathtaking new reserve promises to preserve the darkness — and shows how other communities can follow.

Four rivers around the world now have legal rights. But what are the implications of rights for nature for international environmental law?

Plus, a few tips on how to deal with the gloom and doom of environmental issues.

What’s the real environmental impact of a plastic straw compared to the 80 million people we add to our population every year?

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and maybe even a few crazy ideas.

“Wildlife crime is organized crime, not an ‘animal rights’ issue,” says World Pangolin Day and Annamiticus founder Rhishja Cota.

A historian of wildfires explains the difference between urban and rural fire cultures, and what it means for protecting communities in fire-prone rural areas.

The relationship between wolves and people raises deep questions that we still need to answer, says environmental ethicist and philosopher Michael Paul Nelson.

Biologist Carter Niemeyer says gray wolves can only survive if we embrace wild spaces and scientific truth, not hatred and fear.

The often-arrested social activist discusses his court case against Monsanto and the lessons it offers for other protestors.