America’s waters are contaminated by poop and bacteria. Use our maps to find the worst waste locations near you.

Laurel Neme is the author of Animal Investigators: How the World’s First Forensics Lab is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species. Her work has appeared on National Geographic, Mongabay and other ...

A growing field of research reveals that predators like alligators play an important — but little-recognized — role in ...

As the climate crisis escalates, a huge amount of attention and money is being focused on climate solutions. These can be divided into two categories: solutions that pursue “mitigation,” which lowers ...

Climate change threatens species around the world. At the same time, many animals can help us in the fight against climate ...

Climate change threatens species around the world. At the same time, many animals can help us in the fight against climate change — if we let them.

The future of salmon in this vast region is far from assured, however. In fact staff and funding cuts at the National Park Service have jeopardized habitat restoration work in the Elwha and other park ...

Protect This Place: Elijio Panti National Park, a Mayan Heritage Site in the Heart of Belize’s Rainforest A logging concession granted to a furniture company threatens to disrupt the park, its ...

The recently enacted High Seas Treaty offers an opportunity to protect the ocean like never before.

Drones, Algae and Fish Ears: What We’re Learning Before the World’s Largest Dam-removal Project — and What We Could Miss Scientists studying conditions on the Klamath River hope to help recovery ...

In January 2015 North Dakota experienced one of the worst environmental disasters in its history: A pipeline burst, spilling nearly 3 million gallons of briny, saltwater waste from nearby oil-drilling ...

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 ...