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Habitat Destruction

Voices

Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’)

What will the loss of coral reefs cost the planet — and humanity?
November 12, 2025
by
Rick MacPherson
What will the loss of coral reefs cost the planet — and humanity?
A silhouette of a bird against the sun
Wildlife

Studies: Extreme Weather Fueled by Climate Change Is Adding to Bird Declines

Scientists have typically pointed to habitat loss as the key factor behind the worldwide drop in bird populations worldwide, but climate change poses a second, closely linked threat.
November 3, 2025
by
Rebecca Heisman
Scientists have typically pointed to habitat loss as the key factor behind the worldwide drop in bird populations worldwide, but climate change poses a second, closely linked threat.
Columns

Save This Species: The ‘Little Three-Horned Devil,’ One of Puerto Rico’s Rarest Plants

As the island faces continuous urbanization, this rare shrub has gone unnoticed and ignored for decades, shrinking into near-forgotten obscurity.
October 30, 2025
by
Marina De León
As the island faces continuous urbanization, this rare shrub has gone unnoticed and ignored for decades, shrinking into near-forgotten obscurity.
earth overshoot
Commentaries

How Habitable Will Earth Be When We Search for Life Beyond Our Planet?

As we prepare to look for life in other solar systems, we should also look inward at what we’re doing to our home planet.
October 24, 2025
by
Raissa Estrela, Ph.D.
As we prepare to look for life in other solar systems, we should also look inward at what we’re doing to our home planet.
Book Excerpts

In Understory, An Ecologist Reflects on the Grief of Losing Nature

In this excerpt from the new memoir, the former supervisor of Banff National Park examines the loss that surrounds us — but still offers reasons for hope.
October 3, 2025
by
Kevin Van Tighem
In this excerpt from the new memoir, the former supervisor of Banff National Park examines the loss that surrounds us — but still offers reasons for hope.
The Ask

Saving Okefenokee

A potential titanium mine threatened the famous swamp — until activists and local journalists stepped in.
September 4, 2025
by
John R. Platt
A potential titanium mine threatened the famous swamp — until activists and local journalists stepped in.
Commentaries

The Roadless Rule Is on the Chopping Block — and So Are Our Wildest Forests

This widely popular regulation protects 58.5 million acres of national forests and 1,600 at-risk species. The Trump administration wants gut it.
September 3, 2025
by
Sarah McMillan
This widely popular regulation protects 58.5 million acres of national forests and 1,600 at-risk species. The Trump administration wants gut it.
Commentaries

Nature Is ‘Not for Sale’

Aggressive habitat fragmentation will follow the Trump administration’s and Senator Mike Lee’s frenzied and persistent attempts to sell millions of acres of public land.
July 8, 2025
by
Priyanka Kumar
Aggressive habitat fragmentation will follow the Trump administration’s and Senator Mike Lee’s frenzied and persistent attempts to sell millions of acres of public land.
Voices

Palm Oil Continues to Plague Borneo’s Orangutans, Elephants, and Other Icons

Despite 35 years of awareness campaigns, palm oil plantations still devastate the landscape of this biodiversity hotspot and the animals who depend on native forests.
May 16, 2025
by
Marina De León
Despite 35 years of awareness campaigns, palm oil plantations still devastate the landscape of this biodiversity hotspot and the animals who depend on native forests.
Wildlife

A Helping Hand for Mangroves

Hurricanes and alterations to natural hydrology have hammered Florida’s mangroves, but they can be restored.
May 12, 2025
by
Melissa Gaskill
Hurricanes and alterations to natural hydrology have hammered Florida’s mangroves, but they can be restored.

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