Sustainability

The trouble is, almost all animal populations today are facing increasing stress from changing environments.

America’s waters are contaminated by poop and bacteria. Use our maps to find the worst waste locations near you.

The Rural Utilities Service has helped millions of people, but the Trump White House says money for rural water isn’t needed.

A new essay collection, Living in the Anthropocene, dissects our vast planetary impact.

After decades of stresses, the lesser prairie-chicken faces a brand-new threat: Oklahoma’s wind farms.

This month brings us new books about wildlife trafficking, pesticides and the history of the oceans.

A new graphic novel digs into the man, the myth, the legend — and the society that inspired them all.

Researchers forecast that a decline in availability of nutritious sardines will shrink the population of Darwin’s famous Nazca boobies.

A difficult hurricane season unearths issues ranging from cancer hotspots to deadly bacteria.

Research into the frog-killing chytrid fungus earns a Golden Goose Award, recognizing the value of federally funded science.