Ideas

“Collectors” threaten these tiny bats, whose big ears can’t protect them from the humans loving them to death.

Everyone needs time to recharge. Here are some new ideas to help finish the summer season right and come out stronger for the environmental challenges ahead.

The historic act, which recognized a river as a legal entity, deliberately moves away from litigation and places community decision-making at its center.

Former politician turned city official Jessyn Farrell, who still calls herself a “Save the Whales environmentalist,” tackles sustainability from all angles.

The climate crisis demands swift and decisive action — like bolstering public transportation.

Science says many types of animals can serve as “umbrella species.” But donors and the public pay the most attention to tigers, orangutans and other charismatic megafauna.

Animals, plants, and fungi depend on this humble tree, but its future — and theirs — is all but certain.

The unanticipated environmental effects of inhalers underscore the contradictions of piecemeal climate solutions.

For Wan Faridah Akmal Jusoh, the night skies hold a sense of natural wonder and offer opportunities for citizen science.

Local communities strive to protect local forests and headwaters that include some of the Amazon River’s most important water sources.