Conservation

This month brings us several great new books for the dedicated environmentalists on your holiday shopping list.

A powerful new art exhibit is just one event for this year’s Remembrance Day for Lost Species.

The last 150 birds of this critically endangered species rely on humans for their survival.

Guam’s birds have been killed by invasive snakes. Now trees struggle to spread their seeds.

It also revealed to me the devastating impact humans are having on the world around us.

Laws have banned plastic bags in some places, but taking the next steps requires overcoming some pretty major hurdles.

Scientist Gleb Raygorodetsky explores the millennia-old relationships between indigenous communities and their local ecosystems, and how they can help us adapt to an uncertain future.

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

After decades of stresses, the lesser prairie-chicken faces a brand-new threat: Oklahoma’s wind farms.

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