What whale are we talking about this month? Thanks for asking. This time we’re looking at Rice’s whale (Balaenoptera ricei), also sometimes referred to as the Gulf of Mexico w ...
As the Trump administration censors history on parks and public lands — a move out of the autocrats’ playbook — people have ...
I’m lucky to live immediately adjacent to Point Reyes National Seashore in California and make frequent visits to indulge my photography hobby. In the summer I can work a full day and still search for ...
New Environmental Books: Spring-to-Summer Reads to Brighten and Enlighten Whether you decide on a vacation or staycation, plan on finding inspiration in these books about owls, reptiles, climate ...
The future of salmon in this vast region is far from assured, however. In fact staff and funding cuts at the National Park Service have jeopardized habitat restoration work in the Elwha and other park ...
The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.
Comics for Earth: Eight New Graphic Novels About Saving the Planet and Celebrating Wildlife These new comics collections use satire, poetry, and science to shine a light on human failures — and who ...
Smuggled Alive: Turtles and Tortoises Trafficked Across the Mexico-U.S. Border A look inside the illegal turtle and tortoise trade operating through the world’s busiest land border crossing — and the ...
On Yemen’s Socotra island, residents battle poverty, conflict and climate change to help save its prized tree. Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Ensia. It’s part of a collaboration ...
America 250: Echoes of the Buy-Centennial 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, ...
A proposed timber sale within the Yaak Valley threatens massive old-growth trees and habitat. Instead, could it become the nation’s first climate refuge?