Ideas

To solve plastic pollution, we need nontoxic, reusable materials — not more single-use disposable products.

Women play a critical role in sustainable development, combatting climate change, and taking care of our natural resources. But industry needs to do more to support them.

Trish O’Kane’s book Birding to Change the World is a guide to linking people, nature and activism. 

Conservationists in Namibia have found the fate of people and cheetahs are closely intertwined — and so are solutions to help both.

This elusive predator’s stripes act as camouflage, but that’s not enough to protect them from poachers and habitat loss.

Wildlife ecologist Bruce McLellan lived in the remote Flathead Valley in Canada and followed some bears for upwards of 30 years. 

This little-known neotropical megafauna offers hope for boosting conservation and fighting climate change.

The world’s largest land mammals are finding ways to navigate a landscape that’s becoming increasingly developed.

These unique ecosystems face threats from invasive species, development and pollution.

The popular app can help you identify species, but its global community of naturalists is contributing even more to biodiversity protection.