In celebration of Earth Day, we spoke with the creators of three picture books highlighting underappreciated processes of nature and the conservationists fighting to protect the environment.

It would be nearly impossible to make the Earth as inhospitable to life as the planet Mars — not that we aren’t trying. And ...

Scudder’s book, Mother, Creature, Kin: What We Learn From Nature’s Mothers in a Time of Unraveling. My day-to-day parenting ...

The mother of a teenager who donated his eyes and tissue after death is now directing a play as a way to raise awareness ...