The Ask

As Antarctica faces a host of human-caused threats, a marine biologist calls for action.

As new technologies supercharge the field of bioacoustics, researchers can better listen to environmental changes — and use the information to guide conservation efforts.

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

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

Indigenous-led prescribed fire is helping to restore depleted lands and long-suppressed cultural practices.

Disability is too often left out of the conversation about equity and inclusion in the outdoors. We can change that.

A new book investigates the toxic legacy of Hanford, the Washington state facility that produced plutonium for nuclear weapons.

Black people like nature, too. But you wouldn’t know it from looking at outdoor magazines — at least not before Outdoor Afro got started.

A new book about efforts to save endangered snails in Hawai‘i provides valuable insight into threats to global biodiversity.

A squid biologist takes to the streets — and Skype — to share scientific knowledge.