These newly discovered whales are about as rare as rare can get, and the Trump administration isn’t helping.

Conservationists say the crisis exposes a pattern of broken promises around the celebrated Vjosa Wild River National Park.

As the Trump administration censors history on parks and public lands — a move out of the autocrats’ playbook — people have six ways to honor and defend our shared history.

Fifty years ago the United States ‘celebrated’ our nation’s founding with red, white, and blue junk from sea to shining sea. As the Semiquincentennial looms, we still haven’t learned our lesson.

How memory, civil rights, and environmental history are being quietly erased.

This week we explore how folks get lured into anti-science movements. Who is vulnerable? Are these groups cults? Why do certain ‘groupthink’ people act destructively toward the rest of the world?

There’s a lot going on to distract us from progress. But if you look through the noise, you’ll find encouraging patterns that no one can stop.

A staffing exodus at Olympic National Park has put salmon recovery efforts in jeopardy.

From orangutans to parrots, hellbenders, and a newly discovered Tanzanian grass, these species — and the threats they face — are sure to make headlines in the year ahead.

These expert opinions address opportunities to make a difference — and point out a few of our failures.