There’s a New Plan to Save Madagascar’s Lemurs From the Brink of Extinction.

Lemurs are unique to Madagascar and there are around 100 different species, but a 2014 report by International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) found that nearly...

Snow Leopards At Risk As Himalayas Face Climate Change 'Crisis'

Warming temperatures could cause the tree line to shift up the mountains and cause farmers to plant crops and graze livestock at higher altitudes, squeezing the snow leopar...

The World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal Might Have Just Got A Lifeline

New conservation commitments from Mexican authorities will hopefully contribute to making vaquita sightings a more common occurrence. Agreements made in a recent session of...

Whales Are Dying Off North America’s West Coast — And It Could Signal Trouble Deep In The Ocean

In only one week, the corpses of four humpback whales have been found along Canada's west coast, fueling questions of whether their deaths are connected to a recent uptick ...

Cecil The Lion Killing Brings Calls For Extradition And Global Reckoning On Endangered Species

The killing of Cecil the Lion in a remote stretch of Zimbabwe has prompted an international reckoning over how countries protect endangered species and combat illegal hunti...

Rhinos With Spy Cams In Their Horns Will Catch Poachers In The Act

What could help protect endangered rhinos from even the most nefarious of poachers? A 24/7, real-time monitoring device that syncs rhinos up directly with the teams that wa...

As Many As 11,000 Sharks Are Killed By Humans Every Hour

Since early June, sharks have attacked eight people off the coast of North Carolina. The victims range in age from 8 to nearly 70, and two people ? teens attacked on June 1...

7 Things We’ve Learned About Earth Since The Last Earth Day

A whole lot has changed since the first Earth Day in 1970.

Back then, the most urgent environmental problems facing the United States were air and water pollution. ...

Religious Leaders Launch Unique Initiative For Food Sustainability

A world-first initiative on food sustainability bringing together representatives of the world’s major religious faiths, Indigenous leaders, sustainability activists ...