Birds

A new study shows how the concerning overlap between the biodiversity and climate crises.

This year scientists identified birds, lizards, orchids and other species that have been lost. How many more will follow?

2021 brought coverage of a wide range of amazing wildlife, along with the threats they face and the solutions to saving them.

Conservationists, activists, scientists and other experts offered their insight into the year’s most pressing issues.

The COVID-19 pandemic gave me a chance to put down my paper field guides and test my preconceptions about some popular digital tools.

On the Farallon Islands, invasive mice and hungry owls are a deadly combination that threatens the endangered ashy storm petrel.

Whether you’re into literary fiction, thrillers, sci-fi or comics, these new novels help us explore the complex geographies of climate change, pollution and the extinction crisis.

Warming temperatures are transforming northern peatlands — with potentially dire consequences for biodiversity and the climate.

Are you angry about the extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 other species? Good. Use it.

This month saw some great successes for wildlife and the climate — all made possible by decades of action and perseverance.