
Environmental Activists Have Higher Death Rates Than Some Soldiers
Killings of those protecting nature are highest in countries with corruption and weak rule of law
Killings of those protecting nature are highest in countries with corruption and weak rule of law
Released or escaped parrots are now living in most states and are breeding in at least 21. For some, it’s a second chance at survival.
A few brief reports about international science and technology from Guatemala to Australia, including one about the first recorded tornado in Nepal.
Illuminating electric lines with ultraviolet light—which birds can see—can substantially reduce crashes
Photographs snapped by safari tourists are a surprisingly accurate way to assess populations of African carnivores. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Glaciologist Elizabeth Case of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University’s Earth Institute takes us out near Juneau, Alaska, to study and live on the shifting ice...
Minerals used in electronics are found on the seafloor, but disturbing them could release carbon
Starting in 2017, an artificial intelligence monitoring system at the Welgevonden Game Reserve in South Africa has been helping to protect rhinos and their caretakers.
Just like climate deniers, they’re out to obfuscate and debase the scientists and conservationists trying to save the world—and maybe get rid of a few pesky species in the process...
At Scientific American 's third Science on the Hill event, experts from academia and the private sector met at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill to talk with Scientific American editor-in-chief Mariette DiChristina about solutions to our plethora-of-plastics problem...
The extinction crisis threatens life all over the planet, but scientists are cautious about declaring a species extinct too quickly
The Victorian grasslands earless dragon hasn’t been observed for 50 years, but conservationists haven’t given up hope yet
People appear to consume between 74,000 and 121,000 microplastic particles annually, and that's probably a gross underestimate.
At the third Scientific American “Science on the Hill” event, “Solving the Plastic Waste Problem”, one of the issues discussed by experts on Capitol Hill was biodegradability. ...
Avoid wondering where all of those summer hours went when school starts back up again
Turtles’ famed longevity can mask their decline—until it is too late
What if great white sharks threaten sea otters? Dilemmas are on the rise in an increasingly disrupted environment
Rising ocean temperatures and melting ice are disrupting the birds’ food sources
For some species it’s a threat, but for others it’s essential
A new UN report finds that at least 1 million species are at risk of extinction. Will this finally be enough to motivate worldwide action?
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