While the imagery of parks like Sanjiangyuan evokes an empty landscape untouched by humans, the reality is quite different.

A new book reveals how understanding what we’ve lost can inspire us to change course and conserve what remains.

‘Megadrought’ and ‘Aridification’ — Understanding the New Language of a Warming World New research reveals a creeping, permanent dryness expanding across the United States. It’s much more than ...

Despite their reputation as destructive pests, new research reveals that armadillos support dozens of other species — including, possibly, humans.

On Dec. 15, 2024, in a raging storm, two Russian oil tankers carrying more than 9,000 tons of heavy oil collided off the coast of Port Taman in the Kerch Strait in the Black Sea. A video posted to ...

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 ...

Despite their enormous ecological values, new research reveals we don’t understand how most arachnid species are faring right now — or do much to protect them.

A nasal, laughing bird call echoed through the Ortiz Mountains in northern New Mexico this September. A couple of pinyon jays chattered loudly as they flew over the piñon pine and juniper woodlands ...

Foul Fishmeal Factories: The Stench That Rich Nations Leave Behind Much of the burden of the United States’ farmed fish industry lies upstream, in the factories of poorer countries, where communities ...

Politicians have mocked, belittled, and cut federally funded research for decades, but funding basic science has a long history of lifesaving discoveries.