Biodiversity

From climate change to wildlife trafficking, these new books tackle the toughest problems of the day, along with vital solutions.

Historical pressures combined with new threats from climate change have pushed more than a dozen species close to extinction.

Researchers continue to find new information about how widespread plastic pollution has become, but also how we can help stem the tide.

An Indigenous-led resistance raises the alarm about a tar-sands pipeline that would cut through treaty territory of Anishinaabe people, threatening wild rice, fresh water and the climate.

Materials needed to make the batteries for electric cars and other clean technology is driving interest in deep-seabed mining, and scientists fear the cost to the ocean will be steep.

Pursuing unorthodox queries about smaller, “uncharismatic” species often comes with difficult hurdles, as one researcher found out.

A new study reveals that certain kinds of fish are more likely to have ingested plastic — including hundreds of species people depend on for food.

Writer Kathleen Dean Moore turns her ear to nature’s sounds and what we’re losing as species disappear.

Last year the United States racked up nearly $100 billion in damages from weather and climate disasters. These events are starting to take their toll on wildlife, too.

New research shows that oceanic shark and ray abundance has declined by nearly three-quarters since 1970, and industrialized fishing is to blame.