Pakinam Amer: This is Scientific American’s Science Talk podcast. I’m Pakinam Amer. Today, we talk about endangered species and the complicated birth of the conservation and wildlife movement that we ...

A team of scientists is trying to jumpstart a global conservation movement, on par with efforts to save the rainforests or protect the oceans. But it might be even more ambitious because the target of ...

Donald Trump is the most anti-environment president since “environmentalism” emerged in America. He has rescinded the “endangerment finding,” meaning that the government no longer accepts the basic ...

In physics, the Doppler effect describes how a noise like a coming train will always sound different when it approaches than when it recedes. The noise itself is the same, but your perspective changes ...

Chuck Loring knows all the good spots for finding dropped moose antlers. It’s part passion and part professional. He spends whatever free time he can packing his snowmobile into the bed of his truck ...

Meet a forgotten hero of our natural world whose brave campaign to protect birds charted a new course for the environmental movement Michelle Nijhuis; Photographs by Melissa Groo One frosty October ...

‘I have documented at least 399 bird species since 2016, when I started birding,’ says 30-year-old birder Reyan Sofi ‘Birdwatching is one of the best calming experiences one can have,’ says clinical ...

In Veracruz, the charismatic Mexican sheartail, one of the 58 hummingbird species in the country, is threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation for agriculture and urbanization. Chavarillo, an ...

This story is part of Fix’s What’s Next Issue, which looks ahead to the ideas and innovations that will shape the climate conversation in 2022, and asks what it means to have hope now. Check out the ...

Tired of discussing the alleged death of environmentalism? Fear not: Why Conservation is Failing and How It Can Regain Ground is no dirge, but a complex and cogent analysis of the American ...