Invertebrates

A hatchery program puts freshwater mussel benefits on center stage.

The extinction of the Christmas Island flea — and the current risk to other parasites — shows a major gap in conservation efforts.

Four rivers around the world now have legal rights. But what are the implications of rights for nature for international environmental law?

Eco-books coming out this month also look at the Flint water crisis, the effects of sea-level rise and the history of radical environmentalism.

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).