A growing field of research reveals that predators like alligators play an important — but little-recognized — role in ...

This year’s list includes a notable extinction caused by climate change — and several caused by introduced predators.

A logging concession granted to a furniture company threatens to disrupt the park, its cultural legacy, and its amazing ...

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.

Proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act and park staffing cuts are putting the endangered coastal bird in danger.

In the ruins of abandoned strip mines, a broad movement aims to create the nation’s first “Climate Preserve.” Pope County, Illinois — Dressed in his trademark blue denim overalls, former coal miner ...

These marine reptiles lead complicated lives, making protecting them a real challenge. But new science has revealed important ...

Drones, Algae and Fish Ears: What We’re Learning Before the World’s Largest Dam-removal Project — and What We Could Miss Scientists studying conditions on the Klamath River hope to help recovery ...

Klamath Countdown: Researchers Hustle Before Largest Dam-Removal Project Begins To anticipate the impacts of a historic river restoration, we need to understand how salmon, bats, insects, algae and ...

Millions of people on Sumatra remain displaced by November’s cyclone, showing the dangers of the climate crisis and indiscriminate logging and habitat destruction.

Our latest group of reviews showcases books that remind us about what we’re saving — and why we do it.

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 ...