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Extinction Countdown

The Monkey Puzzle Tree Faces More Threats than a Barrel of Monkeys

This “living fossil” has survived in the South American Andes for millennia, but now faces an uncertain future due to climate change, fires, and voracious European animals.
September 19, 2025
by
John R. Platt
This “living fossil” has survived in the South American Andes for millennia, but now faces an uncertain future due to climate change, fires, and voracious European animals.
Commentaries

Rare Earth Metals Must Not Come at the Cost of Indigenous Rights

As mining interests expand in northern Sweden, Indigenous Sámi communities face existential threats. But a sustainable and just alternative exists — urban mining.
September 17, 2025
by
Emil Siekkinen
As mining interests expand in northern Sweden, Indigenous Sámi communities face existential threats. But a sustainable and just alternative exists — urban mining.
Aerial view of river with tailings piles
Oceans & Clean Water

The Trinity River: Lessons in Restoration

Science has helped improve management and restoration, but advocates say there still isn’t enough water to go around.
July 15, 2025
by
Juliet Grable
Science has helped improve management and restoration, but advocates say there still isn’t enough water to go around.
A drawing of a person sitting surrounded by flowers, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Pollution & Toxins

The Land Is an Ancestor We Refuse to Abandon: In the Shadows of the Hermosa Mine

A rural Arizona border town came together to do whatever they could to protect the land.
July 2, 2025
by
Ree Artemisa
A rural Arizona border town came together to do whatever they could to protect the land.
Voices

Protect This Place: The Headwaters of Papua New Guinea’s Strickland River

One of the least explored regions on Earth is also part of the largest intact forest ecosystem in the Pacific.
April 30, 2025
by
William H. Thomas, Ph.D.
One of the least explored regions on Earth is also part of the largest intact forest ecosystem in the Pacific.
Environmental Books

This Land Is Our Land: New Books About Public Lands, the Threats They Face, and Their Ecological Importance

These new books cover challenges to our shared land, ranging from Indigenous appropriation to current corporate grabs.
April 16, 2025
by
John R. Platt and Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.
These new books cover challenges to our shared land, ranging from Indigenous appropriation to current corporate grabs.
Voices

What Can Psychology Offer Biodiversity Protection?

The new field of conservation psychology offers valuable lessons for protecting the world’s wildlife — as well as ourselves.
February 6, 2025
by
Stephanie Klarmann
The new field of conservation psychology offers valuable lessons for protecting the world’s wildlife — as well as ourselves.
Extinction Countdown

By Shutting Down USAID, Trump and Musk Will Worsen the Climate and Extinction Crises

The agency supports critical efforts to reduce wildlife trafficking, deforestation, land violence, and other threats around the world.
February 4, 2025
by
John R. Platt
The agency supports critical efforts to reduce wildlife trafficking, deforestation, land violence, and other threats around the world.
Wildlife

Saguaro Struggles: A Desert Icon Feels the Heat

Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran saguaros.
January 27, 2025
by
Karen Mockler
Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran saguaros.
Sonoran Desert National Monument, photo by Bob Wick/BLM
Editorials

14 Must-Read Environmental Commentaries

In 2024 our experts explored subjects ranging from autocratic governments to green jobs and new ways to help endangered species.
December 30, 2024
by
John R. Platt
In 2024 our experts explored subjects ranging from autocratic governments to green jobs and new ways to help endangered species.

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