Conservation

March’s best books examine how cities (and families) can fight climate change; look at the history of Earth Day; and reveal growing threats to the world’s wild spaces.

The Trump administration wants to gut the National Environmental Policy Act, a move that would silence community criticism of destructive projects and give more power to industry.

Noise pollution has harmed species across the planet. Could social recordings help bring them back to their habitats?

Scientists are hoping to head off an extinction crisis in Appalachia, a hotspot of amphibian biodiversity.

The state used an innovative new law to fight back against the Trump administration’s expansion of oil and gas drilling — and that could provide a model for the rest of the country.

Photographer Melissa Groo shares her experiences with advocacy and ethics in creating and sharing images of wild animals.

Habitat destruction is the biggest threat facing ruffed lemurs. But it's a problem we can fix.

Residents will vote on a ballot measure to reintroduce endangered gray wolves. There’s a strong ecological argument for why they’re needed, says biologist Joanna Lambert.

Livestock owners needlessly fear these massive South American birds — and lure them to their deaths with illegal poisons. That puts the entire species at risk.

Manatee deaths from watercraft strikes have doubled in the past five years. But that’s not the only threat they face.