By focusing on reusable products, some organizations are helping to break our addiction to single-use plastic.

The recently enacted High Seas Treaty offers an opportunity to protect the ocean like never before.

Climate change threatens species around the world. At the same time, many animals can help us in the fight against climate change — if we let them.

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.

The global annual production of plastics rose to 400 million metric tons in 2022 and is projected to double by 2050. Many items produced are single-use, and less than 10% of plastic waste is recycled.

And it’s not alone: A 2019 review of graveyard biodiversity identified 140 protected species in cemeteries around the world. They include several species of bats and orchids, and remnants of tallgrass ...

Study: Commercial Lion Farming in South Africa Could Be Harming, Not Helping, Wild Lions As we’ve seen with tigers and other threatened species, captive lion breeding may stimulate consumer demand and ...

Holy Herbaria: Protecting Plant History — or About to Become History? Plant repositories provide crucial links between plants, botanists, and the rest of us. But their already-shrinking budgets face ...

Earthjustice and NRDC recently issued a press release pointing out the “ anti-backsliding ” provision in the Safe Drinking Water Act, which should have prevented the EPA from weakening existing ...

Can a Powerful International Wildlife Conservation Meeting Help Save Sharks? Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would ...