Endangered Species

Without fungi life on Earth would be unrecognizable. Yet these valuable organisms remain overlooked.

I became a plaintiff in a lawsuit for the Clear Lake hitch — a fish I’ve never seen. As the species quickly disappears, how much longer will it swim the waters of California?

April’s best new eco-books look toward solutions to the extinction crisis, climate change, water shortages, environmental justice and more.

Including one we forget far too often.

Researcher Deborah Giles is on the frontlines of efforts to understand — and help protect — critically endangered Southern Residents.

Saving these privately owned grasslands is the key to protecting endangered birds and other unique biodiversity.

New research shows that oil drilling in Canada’s boreal forest is changing how wolves, caribou, bears and other species interact.

A new book tracks scientific research and restoration efforts around the world that are focused on saving this critical ocean ecosystem.

These aquatic heroes do so much to keep freshwater ecosystems healthy — and we’re killing them off at a record pace.

Bombs and bullets are just the beginning.