We are now living in an environmental emergency. As climate change, habitat loss, and other threats have placed almost one-fifth of all species on Earth at
The US National Parks, what Wallace Stegner called America’s “best idea,” are under siege. Written by the Jarvis brothers—Jonathan, a former ranger, biologist, and National
We’ve got some exciting new books out this summer about conservation, natural history, and the environment.
University Presses like Chicago are committed to making available works that not only keep us informed but also help us to better understand the world
The North Atlantic right whale is a species so endangered that there are likely more researchers in the world studying them than there are individual
At a moment of profound collective grief, we are all looking for tools that will help us to process and grow from the challenges of
For well over a century, the Marine Biological Laboratory has been a nexus of scientific discovery, a site where scientists and students from around the
First observed in 1970, Earth Day has grown into an annual, April 22 celebration of the natural world—and the importance of humanity’s role in protecting
Gray wolves are in the news: at the end of October, the Trump administration stripped them of protections under the US Endangered Species Act, effectively
We live in an age in which we are repeatedly reminded—by scientists, by the media, by popular culture—of the looming threat of mass extinction. Such
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