
Folk Art Can Be a Powerful Tool for Explaining Biodiversity
To demonstrate our university’s biodiversity, we created maps using Indian folk art, and they have been a resounding success

Folk Art Can Be a Powerful Tool for Explaining Biodiversity
To demonstrate our university’s biodiversity, we created maps using Indian folk art, and they have been a resounding success

Population Decline Will Change the World for the Better
A future with fewer people offers increased opportunity and a healthier environment


Bizarre Blue ‘Jellyfish’ Washing Up on California Beaches Are a Sign of Spring
’Tis the season for hordes of blue jellyfishlike creatures to wash up on California beaches

Environmental Policies Must Manage Climate Change and Biodiversity as One
Biodiversity loss and climate change are two sides of the same coin. Why can’t we treat them that way?

Hunters and Anglers Are Critical to Climate Change Action
Tens of millions of people who hunt and fish are witnesses to climate change, and they are a critical constituency in efforts to reduce global warming

‘Plasticosis’ in Seabirds Could Herald New Era of Animal Disease
Ocean animals are growing sicker from ingesting too much plastic

The Strange Way a 12-Foot-Long Invasive Python Was Caught
In Key Largo, Fla., scientists are looking to protect endangered native rodents and slow the invasion of massive Burmese pythons

We Must Stop Treating Grasslands as Wastelands
The grasslands of India and elsewhere do not need to have economic value to be worth studying and preserving

A Secret Weapon in Preventing the Next Pandemic: Fruit Bats
New research links bat habitat destruction with the spillover of their viruses to humans

Global Summit Tries to Slow Biodiversity Crisis as Species Wink Out around the World
Negotiators have gathered in Montreal for a United Nations summit aimed at hammering out a Paris-style agreement to halt and reverse global biodiversity loss by 2030

Observatory on Mount Everest Must Be Saved, Scientists Say
A research facility halfway up Mount Everest is crucial for research on climate change and biodiversity. And it’s falling apart

SCOTUS Hears a Case with Broad Implications for the Clean Water Act
As the new term begins, the Supreme Court debates what wetlands should be protected under one of the EPA’s most successful and controversial efforts