Clear Water RevivalPhoto Essay 05.02.2022In a biodiversity wonderland hardly known outside South Africa, a decades-long effort to restore native fish and their streams is starting to pay off—but new trouble could undermine this fragile comeback.
Signs of the TimesArticle 07.08.2021Despite their perceived abundance, the periodical cicadas that emerged across the eastern United States this summer point to a growing set of threats facing both the insects themselves and the ecosystems they help support.
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?
Records of ChangeVideo 01.17.2020Thanks to foresight and meticulous records collected nearly a century ago, scientists are reconstructing a picture of some of Mexico’s most important ecosystems before they were transformed.
Where the Rainforest Meets the RoadArticle 01.08.2019Community-led conservation has taken root in a remote corner of Papua New Guinea. Now the plan’s architects must ensure that ecological protection and economic prosperity can coexist.
Green Glove, Iron FistArticle 12.18.2018As China prepares to unveil its brand-new national park system, the country—and the world—holds its collective breath to see how conservation will play out under this authoritarian regime.
The ReservoirArticle 12.12.2018In Bangladesh, a bat-borne virus you’ve probably never heard of is poised to become the next pandemic—and medicine alone may not be sufficient to stop it. Is an ecological intervention the answer?
Betting on ConservationOpinion 12.05.2017As extinction rates climb, we have a responsibility—to our own species and to others—to work toward reversing the trend.
The Rainforest Next DoorPhoto Gallery 12.05.2017Just minutes from a major metropolis, Malaysia’s Penang Hill rainforest boasts some of the richest backyard biodiversity on the planet.
Colombia’s Rallying CryArticle 08.01.2017Can ecotourism mend a divided nation in the aftermath of war?
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?
The Species We Have Yet to MeetOpinion 11.29.2016What we don’t know may be just as important to setting conservation priorities as what we do know.
The Shortfalls of BiodiversityOpinion 10.25.2016Meaningfully assessing the health and value of ecosystems requires far more than simply counting up all the species that live there.
The Zika ChallengeOpinion 08.17.2016As we look for ways to prevent the world’s latest mosquito-borne disease, our focus on the mosquitoes themselves might be obscuring a more sustainable solution.
By Foot into Peru’s Lost WorldImmersive 06.14.2016A team of herpetologists treks into one of South America’s most pristine and poorly understood mountain ranges and discovers animals found nowhere else on Earth.
