As we prepare to look for life in other solar systems, we should also look inward at what we’re doing to our home planet.

Aquaculture is not the sustainable or ethical solution to food insecurity that industry or governments claim, nor is it a ...

Social Darwinists use “survival of the fittest” as an excuse to privatize land or remove the social safety net. But that ...

Mona Shomali is an Iranian American author, artist, and environmental professional. Her career began as a case researcher for ...

Ever wonder what the difference is between fungi and mushrooms? Think of fungi as the larger main organisms, and mushrooms as ...

Punk isn’t a sound — it’s a verb. It’s a pulse. It’s action. It’s where grief is communal and rage has a melody. It’s the ...

Study: Commercial Lion Farming in South Africa Could Be Harming, Not Helping, Wild Lions As we’ve seen with tigers and other threatened species, captive lion breeding may stimulate consumer demand and ...

From poisonings to collisions with power lines, these birds face many threats. But as they decline, so does their ability to ...

The Exotic Pet Trade Harms Animals and Humans. The European Union Is Studying a Potential Solution EU legislators are considering a form of regulation that could protect many species from unsafe ...

is an environmental writer, specializing in PFAS contamination and climate change issues. Her work has appeared in Undark and Inside Climate News. Williams and her co-authors’ investigative reporting ...