Overpopulation actually is not the cause of the world’s environmental woes. To say so would be to deny the notion that humans can live sustainably. Nevertheless, the idea that the world is ...

The definition of overpopulation is in the name: An area that’s beyond capacity to handle the material needs of the people living in it. Less than 1 billion people walked this planet in the mid-18th ...

Sunday's editorial, "Time's up for climate change deniers," left out something very important: overpopulation. As Walt Kelly's cartoon character Pogo said, "We have met the enemy, and he is us." ...

The world’s human population reached 8 billion people this year. Just 35 years ago, it hit 5 million. The rate of increased population is clearly unsustainable on many fronts. Overpopulation has ...

This is in response to the Aug. 31 letter entitled, "Look at history: Overpopulation not always the problem." In view of the author's attitude toward population control, the title should have had the ...

News footage these days sometimes shows wild horses crowding dry rangelands in the American West or deer wandering through suburban streets, highlighting the growing problem of wildlife overpopulation ...

In a recent op-ed by Michael Geruso and Dean Spears in The New York Times and picked up by The Salt Lake Tribune, “Don’t expect depopulation to solve our problems,” the authors contend that ...

With apologies to fans of the animated classic “Bambi,” but Long Island has a deer overpopulation problem. The increase in ...

In the article on climate ethics and population, Cafaro noted that the continuing failure to deal with overpopulation is not solely the fault of traditional religious groups, like the Catholic church ...

The state of Texas just made a historic $13 million investment in animal welfare and public health, launching a new statewide spay, neuter, and vaccination pilot program aimed at reducing pet ...

Josh Trebach’s article “Overpopulation: A US Issue” (Jan. 19) lacks credibility. You state that the “environment cannot sustain more people — we cannot even sustain everyone in the world today.” Your ...