By protecting, restoring, and integrating nature into our communities, we can create more beautiful and enjoyable environments while helping to protect ourselves from mounting natural disaster risk. These approaches are … Read more
Conservation
America’s Whale: The Endangered Rice’s Whale Can No Longer Call its Gulf Home Safe
The Rice’s whale is listed as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) and is one of the rarest whales in the world with fewer than 100 whales left … Read more
Expanding Clean Energy Requires a Responsible Critical Minerals Supply Chain
We are currently witnessing the consequences of an overheating planet. Prolonged heat waves, uncontrollable wildfires, flash flooding and other extreme weather events have become too common in recent years. Pollution … Read more
The Other Day in Florida: How A Journey to the Gulf Coast Inspired the Modern Conservation Movement
As I drove north along Florida’s Nature Coast just the other day, I pondered the legacy of John Muir’s journey of over 1000 miles that led him to the Gulf … Read more
An iconic orca calf has arrived. And it needs more to eat
It’s summer in the Pacific Northwest, and with it comes news of the arrival of a Southern Resident orca calf. Each time, we greet this news with joy, yet prepare … Read more
Sea Turtle Conservation and the Familial Bonds Shaped by Nature
People gaze at me with a puzzled expression when I explain that a nesting loggerhead sea turtle helped build our family. It is the truth. On a darkened, windswept beach along … Read more
Marine Animal Quiz: It’s Plastic Free July!
This Plastic Free July, take the time to learn more about how plastic pollution in the oceans of the world harms marine life and consider action steps you can take … Read more
Pondering Extinction, Creation, and Endangered Species Day
The Rev. Fred Morris, then the president of the Florida Council of Churches, once observed that losing a species to extinction was akin to “tearing a page from the Book … Read more
Go Plastic Free This July
Summer is here, and we are all on the go. We are headed to the beach to visit family and friends, going out into nature on a camping trip, and … Read more
What Drought Reveals About Our Changing Climate
As of May 2026, more than half the country had experienced drought this year, making it the worst spring drought recorded in decades. Unfortunately, these drought conditions have been increasing … Read more
