COVID-19

New books by Carl Safina and other experts offer lessons for making this a better planet — for both humans and wildlife — even while we’re stuck at home.

Let’s focus on the economic systems that allowed such waste to be created in the first place, while causing needless pollution, animal suffering and threats to human health.

Botswana hides behind national “sovereignty” while selling off its natural heritage to foreign hunters and treating elephants as mere commodities.

Here’s what we can do to make sure the critical mistakes made after the SARS outbreak won’t be made again.

New research proposes classifying the threatened tree as an “umbrella species” because of its oversized ecological role.

Connecting with nearby nature can give people a much-needed boost — and help save wildlife, too.

We’ve created a world where parasites and pathogens can run amok. Here are three steps we need to take, as a society, to protect both native species and human health.

Even as thousands of people get sick and die, the Trump administration continues to strip away our environmental protections. And that’s just the start.

Encouraged by the federal government, lots of people are trying to get outside. But it’s a risky decision for rural communities.

As biodiversity disappears, the risk to human health increases. Experts say we need to protect wild spaces and species to help prevent future outbreaks.