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In 1968, ecologist and biologist Garrett Hardin published “The Tragedy of the Commons,” and to this day the idea has currency in environmental and

Species Solidarity: Rediscovering Our Connection to the Web of Life As climate change intensifies and human activity impacts every corner of the planet, repairing our world increasingly means realizing that our fate is intertwined with that of other animal and plant species — not separate from theirs — and that we must think and act accordingly. If it wasn’t already clear, the Covid-19 pandemic has made it painfully obvious that our lives are entwined with the lives of other animals. Our health depends on theirs, not only because viruses from their bodies can enter ours, but because we ...

Newsletter 2021-04-29 Carolyn Cowan [04/29/2021] – Fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos are believed to remain on Earth, and the species faces dire threats due to a low birth rate, habitat loss and fragmentation, and poaching. – A new study finds that, despite its small size, the population retains significant genetic diversity, and likely has the genomic “toolkit” necessary to survive threats like climate change or disease. – The findings are good news for conservationists, but also come with a warning: an analysis of a recently extinct subpopulation revealed that a rapid spike in inbre...

How to listen to all of Vox’s Earth Month podcasts Vox.com 2 hrs ago Eliza Barclay and Lauren Katz © Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images Climate change activists paint the Earth with chalk during a protest in front of the Spanish Parliament calling for action in climate policies. This April, Vox’s podcasts are teaming up to cover some of the most important issues threatening life on Earth. From sustainability to biodiversity to straight-up cool things about the natural world, we’ll focus on our planet and its limits in episodes throughout the month. We’l...

Journalist Michelle Nijhuis crystallizes the human urgency around conservation in her new book, Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction. Despite its title, the book is anchored in the narratives of the people, not just the other living creatures, who have shaped the last century or so of the conservation movement.  In luminous and detailed prose, Nijhuis, who has written for  HCN for more than two decades and is a contributing editor for the magazine, charts the ongoing story of the conservation movement, and its pivotal characters. There have been victories and major di...