Activism

Everyone needs time to recharge. Here are some new ideas to help finish the summer season right and come out stronger for the environmental challenges ahead.

Science says many types of animals can serve as “umbrella species.” But donors and the public pay the most attention to tigers, orangutans and other charismatic megafauna.

We have the word on several great new books, including a look at how to fight climate disinformation and a satire of the extinction crisis.

New research backs up conventional wisdom that getting people outdoors inspires them to conserve nature.

Science helps us understand the threats we face, but bold policies to fight climate change and extinction depend on our language, art, and experience with the natural world.

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

On the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, looking back to look forward.

We can’t ignore other racial injustices while fighting the climate and extinction crises.

Volunteers flock to Key Largo to go underwater and help restore one of the world’s most important ecosystems.

…and it did a halfway decent job. But algorithms alone can’t save endangered species. For that you need people who care and who act.