These dogs live to work — and threatened animals live because they do

Around the world, canine…

OPINION: Is climate change driving you to despair? Read this.

To maintain our capacity to address climate change, we need to recognize and address the trauma it creates.

To avoid climate catastrophe, we’ll need to remove CO2 from the air. Here’s how.

With sufficient investment and strategic deployment, carbon dioxide removal and storage can play a key role in keeping global warming to a level we can live with.

These Montana ranchers are helping grizzlies, wolves and cattle coexist

As human–wildlife interactions increase, range riders test novel strategies for keeping herds safe in the presence of threatened…

What does the environment have to do with autism?

The search for autism’s causes is a daunting task — but researchers are investigating a variety of factors that might play a role.

In the depths of the oceans, human activities are beginning to take their toll

Once seen as too remote to harm, the deep sea is facing new pressures from mining, pollution, overfishing and more.

As emerging diseases spread from wildlife to humans, can we predict the next big pandemic?

Two ambitious projects aim to understand when and how the next human disease will emerge from wildlife, and what…

The developing world is awash in pesticides. Does it have to be?

Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides threaten the environment and human health in many parts of the world. But research is pointing to a…

OPINION: Clean water is a basic human right, and we can and should make it affordable to everyone

As we invest in our public water systems — and we must — we need to distribute costs equitably.

After 350 million piñons die, scientists fear for this forest’s future

Heat, drought, wildfire and insects threaten an iconic pine — and potentially an entire ecosystem — as climate change looms large in…