Ideas

One of the world’s oldest and rarest trees survives at a secret gorge in Australia, but it still faces many threats — from fire to fungi.

A shiny black insect returns from the dead and inspires intercontinental collaboration to make its way back home.

Every crisis is connected. We must address the biodiversity crisis, the climate emergency, and poverty and injustice at the same time.

A new book looks at efforts to recover dwindling populations and what more is needed.

Conservationists racing to save one of Hawai‘i’s last honeycreeper species get creative, allowing birds to choose their own mates.

Climate activism is most effective when it taps into the pain of grieving instead of repeating statistics that overwhelm people into numbness.

A region historically plagued by industrial pollution is overwhelmed with unconventional oil and gas development.

“Climate change is real and it is here, and it’s not going away. We need your help,” writes Joëlle Gergis in the new book Humanity’s Moment.

California’s recent floods show that we aren’t ready for the bigger storms that climate change will bring, an expert warns.

Art raises awareness, but environmental organizations too often fail to engage with artists or their own creativity.