We could all use a little extra environmental inspiration these days, so here are 15 new books for readers of all ages. We’ve adapted the books’ official descriptions below, and the link in each title ...

A new book reveals how understanding what we’ve lost can inspire us to change course and conserve what remains.

President Soeharto declared the Javan hawk-eagle Indonesia’s national bird in 1993, inspiring corruption, trafficking, and cronyism — as well as conservation efforts.

John R. Platt is the editor of The Revelator and an award-winning environmental journalist whose work has appeared in dozens of publications around the world. His “Extinction Countdown” column has run ...

Much of the burden of the United States’ farmed fish industry lies upstream, in the factories of poorer countries, where ...

Ian Urbina is the founder of the Outlaw Ocean Project, a journalism nonprofit that produces reporting about environmental and ...

is the author of Dirt Time, Finding Meaning in Nature: Animal Tracking and Bird Language as Spiritual Practice. He was born in Sonoma County, California, in 1936 and has watched the population double ...

Fish Maw: An Emerging Ocean Conservation Nightmare Like the early days of the shark fin trade, the mostly unregulated market for dried fish swim bladders has exploded in popularity, devastating ...

In 2008 Ecuador became the first country in history to grant constitutional rights to nature. Rivers, forests, and ecosystems were no longer treated solely as resources to be managed, but as living ...

John Yunker John Yunker is author of the novels The Tourist Trail and Where Oceans Hide Their Dead and coauthor (with Midge Raymond) of Devils Island. He is cofounder of Ashland Creek Press and editor ...

For Bald Eagles, the Descendants of the Destroyers Became the Restorers This excerpt from the new book The Earth Said Remember Me looks at the shifting baselines around the United States’ national ...