Endangered Species

Handlers hope a mutt named Filson can sniff out a pollinator no one has seen in 15 years.

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.

A new legal theory proposes granting property rights to wildlife to protect them from habitat destruction.

The combined extinctions of Hawai‘i’s biodiversity and elements of Hawaiian culture represent the great unravelling of an eco-civilization.

A conservation scientist would miss these delightfully bizarre fish if they went extinct, but there’s more to saving them than their looks.

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

Thor Hanson’s new book explains the biology behind climate change and why some species may be better able to survive a quickly changing planet.

Water releases from dams aren’t that good at mimicking natural conditions, a new study finds.

Isolated on just two islands in southeast Asia, this little-known, forest-dependent wild cat persists in the region experiencing the world’s fastest deforestation.