Climate crisis
Scientists confirm 6 links between race and air pollution
A positive trend in decreasing air pollution masks glaring racial disparities.
11 vital climate lessons from 2021 to help you through 2022
This year will be pivotal.
Revealed: A beautiful connection between birds’ appearances and their behavior
Listen: Ethereal fish songs reveal a vital oceanic resilience to climate change
A new study shows how collected audio recordings can tell a different and much more hopeful story of recovery among the world's coral reeds.
A bizarre technique reveals new insight into the evolution of ancient humans
Archaeologists are breaking new ground — and eggshells.
Climate change is robbing us of this one amazing part of nature
The benefits we gain from being in nature are likely to be changing too.
Why one Nordic country offers a model for a future without air travel
Air travel is often presented as desirable, despite its high environmental cost.
Climate change is bringing destructive new invaders to Antarctica
Antarctica needs protecting.
Scientists see a strange — and worrying — climate change effect in frogs
It's not a good sign.
Is planting trees good for cities? Why this question misses an essential truth
This is a two-way street.
Does nature have legal rights? The answer is not as simple as you think
Recent court cases in the US and Latin America bring up a contentious question: Does nature have legal standing in a court of law?
A 418-year-old revelation could light up future cities
Bike lanes and homes could soon glow like a Halloween decoration — for the environment.
The best post-apocalypse movie of 2021 reveals one vital reason we need A.I.
In Finch, Tom Hanks relies on a robot that predicts superstorms. IRL scientists are working on similar technology.
Will primates become extinct? 7 experts explain the looming threat
Primates are finding it difficult to adapt to habitat loss and climate change, leading to population declines and prompting worries about their extinction.
What did COP26 actually accomplish?
Here are 11 decisions made in Glasgow that could slow the climate crisis — really!
An obscure Darwin idea could be key to solving the climate crisis
It has taken a century and a half to make people take Darwin’s proposal seriously and apply it to trees.
Meet the ginormous fish colony lurking beneath Antarctic ice
Just an average day in the deep sea.
Scientists confirm 6 links between race and air pollution
A positive trend in decreasing air pollution masks glaring racial disparities.
How to save birds: 4 easy steps to make your backyard a sanctuary
Many of the species in our gardens and on balconies are under threat.
11 vital climate lessons from 2021 to help you through 2022
This year will be pivotal.
Researchers still can't decode this enigmatic 253-year-old Polynesian map
This island-filled chart has puzzled scholars for more than 250 years.
Why don’t we throw our trash into a volcano? The fiery science explained
This is the burning issue.
Insect art: Why some artists opt for invertebrate inspiration
Throughout history and across cultures, insects have inspired artists and challenged viewers to shift their perspective
Why do people get lead poisoning? Earth scientists explains what to look for
... and how it could soon change for the better.
4 reasons mistletoe is the Grinch of plants
Best known as a holiday trimming, the parasitic plant is a botanical luminary in its own right.
Revealed: A beautiful connection between birds’ appearances and their behavior
Why does cannabis smell? The answer might not be what you think
As always, science has a surprising answer.
Why the climate conditions driving huge winter tornadoes demand your attention
This is extreme.
Sea spray could be dousing you in toxic "forever chemicals" — study
Scientists reveal chemicals known as PFAAs, are being transported across long distances on sea spray, thereby entering the atmosphere and impacting human health.
How did life arise? New study offers fundamental evidence for a disputed theory
Meet LUCA, the ancestor you never knew you had.
What do fish do at night? 588 marine species reveal something surprising
From fish to plankton, meet the underwater commuter class.
The environmental movement gets one existential fact wrong about nature
Humanity has been shaping the planet for far too long.
