Social Darwinists use “survival of the fittest” as an excuse to privatize land or remove the social safety net. But that ...

Mona Shomali is an Iranian American author, artist, and environmental professional. Her career began as a case researcher for ...

Ever wonder what the difference is between fungi and mushrooms? Think of fungi as the larger main organisms, and mushrooms as ...

As we’ve seen with tigers and other threatened species, captive lion breeding may stimulate consumer demand and put ...

From poisonings to collisions with power lines, these birds face many threats. But as they decline, so does their ability to ...

On the contrary, China’s donkey population has continued to shrink. In the meantime Africa remains the main supplier. But the arithmetic of supply and demand does not work in its favor. In South ...

is an environmental writer, specializing in PFAS contamination and climate change issues. Her work has appeared in Undark and Inside Climate News. Williams and her co-authors’ investigative reporting ...

Messengers of the Eternal: Trees in Life and Literature To plant a tree is to affirm one’s faith in the future, while at the same time reckoning with the sadness inherent in the comparative brevity of ...

How to participate in causes you believe in — in a manner that will be noticed, respected, and heard.

Palm Oil Continues to Plague Borneo’s Orangutans, Elephants, and Other Icons Despite 35 years of awareness campaigns, palm oil plantations still devastate the landscape of this biodiversity hotspot ...

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