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 In this story: education, activism
Can the Climate Tech Revolution Avoid Leaving Women Behind? So far, the answer is no, but it’s not too late for change. Here’s what it will take. By Katharine Gammon December 30, 2023 In this story: women, climate change
Holiday Quiz 2023: The Work of Peter Arkle 2023, in case you missed the whole darn year By Paul Rauber December 29, 2023 In this story: Roundup
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 In this story: birds, endangered species
Two Stoneflies Lead the Way for Conserving Other Uncharismatic Species The Endangered Species Act protection of two alpine flies could help reshape the future of invertebrates worldwide By Hailey Smalley December 28, 2023 In this story: endangered species, insects
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 In this story: bees, endangered species, hiking
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 In this story: endangered species, fish
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 In this story: adventure, health
3 Must-Read Books to Kick Off the New Year These stories deepen our relationship with the wild world around us By Jason Mark , Jonathan Hahn , Marlowe Starling December 24, 2023 In this story: books, saving wild places, indigenous communities, climate change
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 In this story: food and drink, climate change
The Most Important Environmental Stories of 2023 A year-end roundup of the good and the bad—and some glimmers of hope By Jason Mark December 22, 2023 In this story: Roundup, environment, climate change, politics, saving wild places
"Common Ground" Is a Testament to the Power of Film to Change Hearts and Minds Maybe this new documentary will do for soil what "An Inconvenient Truth" did for climate change By Ben Jealous December 22, 2023
New Proposal Hopes to Extend Protections to Old-Growth Forests Conservation groups welcome the news but lament the lack of measures for mature forests By Lindsey Botts December 21, 2023 In this story: forests, national forests, public lands, saving wild places, climate change
Wildlife Traffickers Reveal Tricks of Their Illegal Trade Restorative justice for traffickers of rare and endangered turtles By Maureen O’Hagan December 20, 2023 In this story: wildlife, endangered species
Wild Wolves Return to Colorado Wolf paws are finally on the ground, just as Colorado voters intended By Lindsey Botts December 19, 2023 In this story: wolves, endangered species, wildlife
America’s Most Dangerous Pipeline Lives Another Day Enbridge keeps a time bomb ticking beneath the waters of the Great Lakes By Conor Mihell December 19, 2023 In this story: Line 5, pipelines, oil, indigenous communities
Here’s Some of What Happened at the UN Climate Talks The good, the bad, and the ugly from COP28 By Tina Gerhardt December 18, 2023 In this story: climate change, international climate policy, climate negotiations, federal policy