Indigenous Maize: Who Owns the Rights to Mexico’s ‘Wonder’ Plant?

By Martha Pskowski

As Climate Changes, Colombia’s Small Coffee Farmers Pay the Price

By Richard Schiffman

Interview

To Stop Destruction of Liberia’s Rainforest, He Put His Life on the Line

By Jocelyn C. Zuckerman

Analysis

How Green Party Gains Could Make Europe a Leader Again on Climate

By Christian Schwägerl

For a Texas Ranching Family, Toxic Coal Ash Pollution Hits Home

By Tatiana Schlossberg

Fifty Years After, A Daunting Cleanup of Vietnam’s Toxic Legacy

By George Black

Bee Alert: Is a Controversial Herbicide Harming Honeybees?

By Michael Balter

In Conservative Bavaria, Citizens Force Bold Action on Protecting Nature

By Christian Schwägerl

Analysis

Why Green Pledges Will Not Create the Natural Forests We Need

By Fred Pearce

How Crowdsourcing Seeds Can Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

By Virginia Gewin

The Real Price of a Chocolate Bar: West Africa’s Rainforests

By Fred Pearce

CRISIS ON THE COLORADO: PART V

Restoring the Colorado: Bringing New Life to a Stressed River

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

Analysis

How the Trump Administration Pulled Back on Regulating Toxic Chemicals

By Eric Lipton

Crisis on the Colorado: Part III

Running Dry: New Strategies for Conserving Water on the Colorado

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

Crisis on the Colorado: Part II

On the Water-Starved Colorado River, Drought Is the New Normal

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

Crisis on the Colorado: Part I

The West’s Great River Hits Its Limits: Will the Colorado Run Dry?

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

Water

In India, Nature’s Power Overwhelms Engineered Wetlands

By Fred Pearce

Sparing vs Sharing: The Great Debate Over How to Protect Nature

By Fred Pearce

From High Above, A New Way of Seeing Our Urban Planet

By Katherine Bagley

Opinion

Why Brazil’s New President Poses an Unprecedented Threat to the Amazon

By Philip Fearnside

Interview

Understanding How Elephants Think Is Key to Protecting Them

By Richard Schiffman