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A summer of extremes leaves sobering questions about the state of Earth’s largest store of ice, capable of inundating coastlines worldwide as it melts.

Diseases can cause animal populations to decline or even go extinct. And they’re often worsened by environmental threats caused by people.

President Trump’s notorious border wall is just one transboundary threat to the world’s wildlife.

The SEC has proposed rules that could reduce shareholder proposals for environmental, social and sustainable governance issues, while providing cover for corporations like Exxon Mobil.

Wildlife trade, deforestation, industrial farming and other factors threaten both animals and human health.

The popular docuseries fails to address issues critical to tiger conservation, but we can all learn from what it leaves out.

We know a lot more now about the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico and the risks of deep-water drilling, but that doesn’t mean we’re any safer.

Phytoplankton produce half of the oxygen in our atmosphere, but understanding how they respond to climate change is complicated and critically important.

Clean water is essential during the COVID-19 health crisis, but so far Congress hasn’t directed funds to help water utilities or stop water shutoffs in low-income households.

New research proposes classifying the threatened tree as an “umbrella species” because of its oversized ecological role.