Biodiversity

The disappearance of a tiny oceanic parasite, researchers warn, indicates that overfishing has caused an ecosystem to fall out of balance.

This month brings us new books about wildlife trafficking, pesticides and the history of the oceans.

The bushmeat trade and traditional medicine could push tigers, chimpanzees, pangolins and hundreds of other species toward extinction

Wolves and polar bears are great, but so are bats, fish, plants and invertebrates (among others worthy of our attention).

Researchers forecast that a decline in availability of nutritious sardines will shrink the population of Darwin’s famous Nazca boobies.

October brings us new books about sea-level rise, wolves and feeding the resistance.

Trump’s border wall would imperil some of the most diverse ecosystems in two countries.

A new book argues, unconvincingly, that biodiversity is actually increasing.

Mountaintop mining and excrement-filled lagoons threaten the unique biodiversity of the American southeast.

This month brings new books about elephants, energy and an all-too-real mythic figure.