Scientists are analyzing the genomes of endangered Hector’s and Māui’s dolphins to push the New Zealand government for ...

Emma Smith is a print and multimedia journalist who covers wildlife, oceans, biodiversity, and conservation. She also reports ...

The historic act, which recognized a river as a legal entity, deliberately moves away from litigation and places community decision-making at its center.

Many pastoralist households see little benefit from conservancy revenue, despite millions of dollars flowing into the region.

How making the case for environmentalism to oppositional people creates shared interests and relieves social tensions in ...

Anti-abortion advocates, including Republican lawmakers and state officials, want the EPA to review mifepristone as a water ...

This excerpt from the new book The Earth Said Remember Me looks at the shifting baselines around the United States’ national ...

Former politician turned city official Jessyn Farrell, who still calls herself a “Save the Whales environmentalist,” tackles sustainability from all angles.

Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it ...

Voracious demand for fish oil and guano puts the squeeze on shrinking populations of Humboldt penguins in Peru.

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 ...