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Close-up of a white whooping crane bending its neck toward its legs

Feature

Celebrating America’s Greatest Wildlife Conservation Law

A tribute to the Endangered Species Act on its 50th anniversary

By Carl Safina

December 11, 2023

Departments

Close-up of the front half of a black-footed ferret

Editor’s Desk

The Endangered Species Act Is America's Most Radical Environmental Law

Now we just need federal agencies to effectively enforce it

By Jason Mark

December 11, 2023

A shallow river with many tributaries runs through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

From the Top

A Line in the Arctic Tundra

It's time for a moratorium on all oil and gas leasing in the US Arctic

By Ben Jealous

December 12, 2023

Two rosy-finches, with pink, gray, black, and white coloring, sit atop snow-covered branches

Notes from Here & There

The Rosy-Finch Moves in Mysterious Ways

Why black and brown-capped rosy-finches are among the most threatened birds in North America

By Sara Van Note

December 29, 2023

Emma Priger is wearing waders and smiling at the camera while holding a hoop net in a narrow tallgrass-lined stream.

Notes from Here & There

The World's Second-Most-Famous Desert Pupfish Is in Trouble

You wouldn't believe the lengths people go to protect these fish

By Gordy Slack

December 26, 2023

Close-up of an orange-and-black turtle crawling over twigs on the ground

Notes from Here & There

Wildlife Traffickers Reveal Tricks of Their Illegal Trade

Restorative justice for traffickers of rare and endangered turtles

By Maureen O’Hagan

December 20, 2023

Illustration shows a man looking up at a canopy of trees

Eyewitness

A Lifelong Adventurer Tries to Come Back From Long Covid

Fanning the body's flame to coax it back from Covid's "acquired brain injury"

By Aaron Teasdale

December 25, 2023

A western bumblebee on top of a purple and yellow aster flower in Oregon

Field Trip

Scientists Race to Find Out Why the Western Bumblebee Is Disappearing

Bombus occidentalis was common across the West, but since the 1990s its numbers have plummeted

By Sarah Trent

December 27, 2023

Flowers and insects and caterpillars grow up from a brown hand while two birds fly off

Critic’s Notebook

How Writers of Color Are Changing What Nature Writing Looks Like

A new generation of writers reboot a genre

By Amanda Machado

January 2, 2024

Illustration shows a man with an Earth-shaped belly sweating and holding up two plates, one with a veggie burger, a mushroom, and a beaker of liquid and the other holding a steak, chicken wings, and other meat.

Stress Test

The Future of Environmentally Friendly Meat Is High-Tech

These new animal-product alternatives duke it out over taste, texture, and nutrition—as well as sustainability

By Larissa Zimberoff

January 1, 2024

Sulphur stubble with long green stems and round tops

Critter

What Is Lichen?

Here's everything you need to know about one of nature's most symbiotic partnerships

By Ashia Ajani

January 7, 2024

Illustration shows two men in aprons standing in front of tomatoes, carrots, radishes, and chickens hanging from rods

Material World

Here's How to Choose Climate-Friendly Food at the Grocery Store

A guide to eating in a warming world that goes beyond "meatless Monday"

By Grace van Deelen

December 23, 2023

Portrait illustration of Agripina Gomez wearing a green floral top

Changemaker

Clean Energy Organizers Just Need a Little Help From Their Friends

This Texas advocate lit up the fight for clean energy with coalition building

Adapted from an interview by Lindsey Botts

January 18, 2024

Photo

Talon Show

An owl swoops in for a meal

January 3, 2024

The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives

Books

Can We Sustainably Mine the Metals We Need for Renewable Energy?

In "The War Below," Ernest Scheyder considers the hard choices of the clean energy transition

By Jonathan Hahn

January 23, 2024

A Book of Noises: Notes on the Auraculous

Books

The Awe-Inspiring Sounds of Earth

In "A Book of Noises," Caspar Henderson documents the planet's wondrous noises

By Julia Sklar

January 23, 2024

Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

Books

What Are Wildlife Crossings, and Do They Work?

In "Crossings," Ben Goldfarb charts a course through the world of road ecology

By Lindsey Botts

January 23, 2024

Poem

Craters of the Moon National Park

A poem by Natasha Rao

December 23, 2023

Poem

Lovesick

A poem by Major Jackson

December 23, 2023

Poem

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A poem by Claire Wahmanholm

December 23, 2023

montage of Sierra Club signs: Environmental Justice, because everyone deserves a clean environment; Keep the Frack Out of My Water; Sierra Club for Gender Equity; No Drilling Where We're Living; People's Climate March; Protect Our Communities.

The Lookout

What's the Sierra Club Been Up to Lately?

Alerts, campaign updates, and victories from Sierra Club volunteers and staff

By Lindsey Botts

December 18, 2023

Dick Jordan smiles at the camera and holds a net while wearing tall wading boots and standing in a grass-lined body of water.

Treehugger

How Boise Educator Dick Jordan Has Sparked a Love of Nature in Students

An award-winning high school teacher got his students out of the classroom and into the wild

By Lindsey Botts

December 31, 2023

2023 Winter

Celebrating America’s Greatest Wildlife Conservation Law

Departments

The Endangered Species Act Is America's Most Radical Environmental Law

A Line in the Arctic Tundra

The Rosy-Finch Moves in Mysterious Ways

The World's Second-Most-Famous Desert Pupfish Is in Trouble

Wildlife Traffickers Reveal Tricks of Their Illegal Trade

A Lifelong Adventurer Tries to Come Back From Long Covid

Scientists Race to Find Out Why the Western Bumblebee Is Disappearing

How Writers of Color Are Changing What Nature Writing Looks Like

The Future of Environmentally Friendly Meat Is High-Tech

What Is Lichen?

Here's How to Choose Climate-Friendly Food at the Grocery Store

Clean Energy Organizers Just Need a Little Help From Their Friends

Talon Show

Can We Sustainably Mine the Metals We Need for Renewable Energy?

The Awe-Inspiring Sounds of Earth

What Are Wildlife Crossings, and Do They Work?

Craters of the Moon National Park

Lovesick

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What's the Sierra Club Been Up to Lately?

How Boise Educator Dick Jordan Has Sparked a Love of Nature in Students

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