All posts in Natural preservation
How coal miners and factory workers helped found the environmental movement
More recent scholarship has revealed the knowledge and respect for nature among workers in decades past.
What happens to rainbows as the planet’s climate changes?
Rain, cloud cover and other factors make rainbows possible. Climate impacts may mean more of them in some places, fewer in others.
In Kenya and elsewhere saving mangroves can save the planet
In tropical and subtropical regions worldwide mangroves are important to environmental, social and economic resilience.
Could ‘half-Earth’ conservation save orangutans?
Half-Earth proposes that half of the Earth’s surface should be designated a human-free nature reserve.
Hawaiian plant, thought extinct, now thrives at secret site
Hawaiian conservationists say rediscovery of Delissea is a message of hope amid the loss of species, forest, and sacred indigenous spaces.
The global demand for exotic pets is driving a massive trade in wildlife
Global demand for exotic pets is increasing, a trend partly caused by social media and a shift to online marketplaces.