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 ...

Migration increases the survival of ungulates like mule deer and caribou, but changing landscapes are hampering their movements — and their future.

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, ...

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 ...

Natalie Jane Cibel is a conservation biologist, science-based storyteller and podcast host whose work can be found on her Substack blog, Instagram and podcast, Planet People Podcast and Productions, ...

Environmentalists, myself included, pay close attention to gloomy topics like species extinctions and Earth’s dwindling life-support systems. It’s not for the love of dark matters that we keep tabs on ...

The two subspecies of siamang — the largest gibbons (in size) — are the most trafficked. “Over 30% of confiscations involve siamangs,” says Krishnasamy. Other gibbon species that appear often in ...

John R. Platt is the editor of The Revelator and an award-winning environmental journalist whose work has appeared in dozens of publications around the world. His “Extinction Countdown” column has run ...

Seventy-two-year-old Namgaukum, from India’s northeastern state of Nagaland, cherishes rare childhood memories of riding an Asian giant tortoise (Manouria emys phayrei) through the forests near his ...

How the Oil Barons Are Seeking a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card for Climate Change Damages A recent move by the Supreme Court could actually make fossil-fuel companies more vulnerable to lawsuits, but the ...