Our reporters showcased the power and importance of journalism covering wildlife, climate change, and environmental justice.

We asked conservation researchers around the world to send us their favorite papers of 2025. They address the planet’s most ...

Before ending the year, we wanted to highlight this eclectic assortment of reading gems we couldn’t fit into our earlier book ...

As funding drops and institutions change, the study of plants appears to be withering on the vine. That’s letting critical skills go extinct.

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 ...

Yet Trump and megacorporations are gambling with new nuclear reactors to supercharge artificial intelligence (and profits).

Proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act and park staffing cuts are putting the endangered coastal bird in danger.

Here are 12 of our favorite environmental commentaries of the past year, addressing Indigenous rights, coral reefs, activism, ...

The world’s smallest bears face oversized pressure from poaching, traditional medicine and the illegal pet trade. The COVID-19 pandemic could make things even worse.

The global annual production of plastics rose to 400 million metric tons in 2022 and is projected to double by 2050. Many items produced are single-use, and less than 10% of plastic waste is recycled.

The most polluted place in the United States — perhaps the world — is one most people don’t even know. Hanford Nuclear Site sits in the flat lands of eastern Washington. The facility — one of three ...

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 ...