Sustainability

When roads are built in grizzly habitat, bears come into conflict with humans more often. A new report explains what’s necessary to keep the bears from dying.

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

Books coming out this month also examine endangered languages, the lingering effects of colonialism and how war hurts the environment.

Plus, a few tips on how to deal with the gloom and doom of environmental issues.

What’s the real environmental impact of a plastic straw compared to the 80 million people we add to our population every year?

Only one male has turned up at the birds’ breeding grounds this year — and he’s too young to breed.

A historian of wildfires explains the difference between urban and rural fire cultures, and what it means for protecting communities in fire-prone rural areas.

A head-banging new study proves that loud music shakes, rattles and rolls the ecosystem.

Drought has already killed more than 100 wild horses. Volunteers hope to prevent more deaths.

YouTube is inspiring viewers across the globe to protect Hawaii’s Laysan albatross — but will that be enough in the face of climate change?