Invertebrates

Dozens of these water-filtering species are at risk of vanishing, and that’s bad news for every living creature that relies on them.

This month’s new books look at America’s disappearing bees, how religion can fight climate change, a pioneering woman scientist and a lot more.

We mapped out where the drilling could take place — and how it overlaps with the critical habitats of the most sensitive species at risk.

The National Butterfly Center just filed suit to block Trump’s border wall from being built on its property in Texas.

The disappearance of a tiny oceanic parasite, researchers warn, indicates that overfishing has caused an ecosystem to fall out of balance.

Wolves and polar bears are great, but so are bats, fish, plants and invertebrates (among others worthy of our attention).

They may not be the most charismatic group of species, but we can learn a lot from the lowly snail.

Artist Ralph Steadman and writer Ceri Levy make us laugh while worrying about extinction.

Mountaintop mining and excrement-filled lagoons threaten the unique biodiversity of the American southeast.

This month brings books about killer fires, strange birds and wicked bugs.