Voices

Shrinking tidal flat habitats in eastern China threaten critical stopover sites for migratory shorebirds.

The most remote inhabited island in French Polynesia is the habitat for several rare indigenous plants and animals, but it’s severely threatened by invasive introduced species.

As the world debates the need to protect 30% of the planet’s land and water, research in collaboration with the late conservation biologist shows the importance of long-term support for biodiversity.

Saving these privately owned grasslands is the key to protecting endangered birds and other unique biodiversity.

A modern movement to restore the lake symbolizes the broader contest between unsustainable industrialization and challenges such as climate change.

Home to one of the city’s last intact forests, this privately owned gem could soon face bulldozers and construction.

Acres of plastic and gear for an industrial geoduck installation jeopardize a small, fragile lagoon in the Salish Sea.

“We need to make the time to water a new kind of wild empathy,” writes the cofounder of the Church of Stop Shopping.

The coral reef ecosystems in Brazil’s largest coastal Marine Protected Area need defending against overfishing, tourism and global warming.

The cliff-growing Brighamia insignis was pronounced extinct in the wild in 2020, but it persists thanks to the hard work of botanical gardens and other collections.