Conservation

Looking back at environmental loss — and more than a few successes — helps us look ahead to healing the planet.

From big bears to the boreal forests, here are some books that moved us and helped illuminate what’s worth fighting for. 

This month, Links From the Brink looks at several conservation success stories and shines a light on new tools to fight pollution.

Wildfire-killed trees are some of the most important structures in a forest. So why are they still being logged?

If a book contains critical conservation messages but nobody reads it, does it make a difference?

Black people like nature, too. But you wouldn’t know it from looking at outdoor magazines — at least not before Outdoor Afro got started.

Humble ponds have a key role to play in fighting climate change and aiding conservation — but only if we protect them.

Two culprits have pushed this keystone species to the brink in New Mexico.

Environmentalists and journalists tend to describe beavers in the ways they benefit humans. It’s time to change that perception of nature.

The theory of evolution driven by competition is only part of the story, a new book reveals.