The Lonely Race to Save Ukraine’s PastNews 06.18.2026In a country ravaged by war, Ukraine’s conservators are torn between protecting the country’s past and fighting for its future.
Welcome to the Great Bear SeaArticle 07.24.2025After decades of discord, Canada and First Nations are working together to build a network of marine protected areas stretching from Vancouver Island to Alaska.
A Spanish Lagoon Was Granted Legal Personhood. Then What Happened?News 06.19.2025The protection of Mar Menor was a huge step for the pioneering Rights of Nature movement. But three years on, little has changed.
Where the Savior Fish Still SwimsArticle 02.25.2025In an era of collapse, a fabled fish keeps coming back to the Nisg̱a’a nation.
Straddling the TidesArticle 01.30.2024To protect mangrove forests, traditional communities in coastal Brazil set their hopes on small-scale tourism.
High and DryArticle 08.20.2023Utah’s immense Great Salt Lake has receded in recent years, revealing the microbial reefs crucial to its ecosystem.
Songs of the DammedArticle 04.12.2023As Lake Powell water levels drop, native plants are reclaiming Glen Canyon.
Life, Death, and Renewal in the Campo RupestrePhoto Essay 04.22.2021In a little-known region of Brazil that calls to mind Tolkien’s Middle-earth, unique lifeforms have evolved to endure innumerable environmental challenges. Can they survive the country’s latest era of deregulation?
Home on the RangeArticle 03.23.2021Once thought to be extinct, tule elk have returned to roam across California’s Point Reyes National Seashore, but the park—which also supports beef and dairy cattle—is getting crowded.
Saving Mexico’s Lost WorldArticle 02.18.2020Microbes have lived in Cuatro Ciénegas for 500 million years. They’ve survived countless cataclysms and extinctions. But can they survive us?
The Secret GardenPhoto Essay 09.11.2019The crystalline rivers of the Serra da Bodoquena offer a window into Brazil’s freshwater biodiversity. But with deforestation on the rise, that window is becoming cloudier.
Quiver KingdomSpotlight 01.23.2018Quiver trees thrive in arid conditions, but as climate change makes the Namib Desert hotter and drier, can these immobile icons find a way to beat the heat?
Paradise Under PressureArticle 01.09.2018The fences protecting the unique biodiversity of Maui’s Kīpahulu Reserve have helped to keep invasive species at bay, but climate change is now carrying new threats up its slopes.
Migration, InterruptedPhoto Essay 10.03.2017Encroaching development is putting pronghorns at risk, but new conservation strategies are giving these record-setting runners a leg up.
High Stakes in the High NorthPhoto Essay 09.13.2017A remote island that harbored the world’s last mammoths is becoming a holdout for Arctic wildlife once again.
A Colorful CleanupSpotlight 08.08.2017Living off the energy they extract from heavy metals, these bacteria create spectacular natural displays—and leave clean drinking water in their wake.
Breaking Precious GroundPhoto Essay 01.10.2017Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park may be the world’s richest rainforest. What will become of it now that oil extraction has begun?
How to Save a RainforestArticle 12.06.2016It took decades to hammer out a landmark conservation deal to save Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest. Now the real work begins.
The NurseryArticle 09.20.2016Unlocking the habitat secrets of one of the planet’s most important salmon fisheries—and the specter of industrial development that threatens its very existence
A Forest Hidden by FogArticle 09.13.2016Spellbound by an idea, a writer sets out to find the mythical cloud forest—and shines a bright light on an endangered ecosystem.
