Mapping extreme microbes in the Amazon’s Boiling River
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, biochemist Rosa Vásquez Espinoza investigates the medicinal properties of microbes flowing in a sacred boiling river
Meet Marjory Stoneman Douglas, champion and savior of the Everglades
Writer, suffragette, and fierce protector of the "worthless swamp"
Warming oceans cast a chill over New England's sea turtles
Recent research suggests warming seas will cause more stranded sea turtles
How shadowy tax havens skirt conservation efforts
Dark money foreign investments may bankroll deforestation and overfishing
Shortages of rare earth elements could limit clean energy development
We've started searching for rare earth elements in some unlikely places
Tree-murdering fungi and insects increasingly contribute to climate change
New research suggests carbon dioxide released from dying forests equals emissions from 11 million cars
How one invasive plant can change a rainforest
The mountain apple's entry into Indonesia a century ago still threatens biodiversity there
'Being Ecological' is a book with admirable aims and a tangled execution
Prioritizing data over action can be counterproductive – but so is a muddled message
Tropical rainforests may be near a tipping point beyond our control
Deforestation may work like diseases: uncontained, it can win
A gold rush in the Peruvian Amazon threatens to fill a vital and diverse ecosystem with mercury
Bats are the canaries in the Amazonian goldmine
5 facts about Frances Hamerstrom, wildlife biologist, hunter, and savior of the prairie chicken
As a kid, she dissected blue jays and built a garden whose path was lined with poison ivy
We know how to fight wildfires effectively. Why don't we do it?
Prescribed burns lessen the damage, but the risk repels lawmakers