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 ...

The environmental movement—green-minded politicians, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, writers, volunteers, and advocacy organizations—has seemed ill-equipped to respond. Environmental-news headlines ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mira Lloyd Dock helped launch a revolution. Speaking to Harrisburg’s business leaders in late 1900, the reformer and botanist showed images comparing the ugliness of Harrisburg, especially a ...

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 ...

Conservation is embedded in the DNA of farmers across the U.S. Yet the pressure for heightened environmental stewardship — and transparency into those practices farmers use — has never been greater.

Building trust in food begins with empowering farmers through one of the largest and most diverse conservation- and sustainability-focused public-private partnerships in our nation’s history: ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Every morning, Brett Desser climbs the stairs of her Jacksonville home to wake someone special. “Scooter!” she says as she goes up to the second floor. It’s not a dog pawing at ...

Florida’s official state mammal ranks among the world’s most at risk of dying out. Panthers have succumbed to disease, inbreeding, mercury poisoning and this year alone 21 have been listed by state ...