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.

A new book, The War on the EPA, tracks the history and importance of the government agency — and how efforts to undermine it began decades before Trump.

The Trump administration wants to gut the National Environmental Policy Act, a move that would silence community criticism of destructive projects and give more power to industry.

The White House has now quietly and ominously asked polluters to help identify new opportunities for deregulation.

The United Nations has taken a good first step, but here’s what needs to be done next to make sure climate refugees get the protections they deserve.

Livestock owners needlessly fear these massive South American birds — and lure them to their deaths with illegal poisons. That puts the entire species at risk.

Climate change has caused record-breaking ocean temperatures, and that means more dangerous storms, trouble for coral reefs and big changes for our marine ecosystems.