
Our Love of Exotic Pets Is Driving Wildlife Decline
The wild pet trade may surpass habitat loss as a factor in the growing silence of the natural world
The wild pet trade may surpass habitat loss as a factor in the growing silence of the natural world
Black bears and cougars share the Vancouver countryside, but not happily.
Ecologists catalogue bird and mammal populations as warming transforms Death Valley
Experts disagree on whether this hearty pine, vital to the American West, is dying from climate change or just correcting for its recent success
The famed primatologist talks about her past work, her environmental concerns and the importance of conservation
EPA deputy nominee Andrew Wheeler waged behind-the-scenes war against climate bills
The idea of securing at least half of our planet for nature conservation has recently been gathering momentum
It protects lives and property, and makes places like Puerto Rico far more self-reliant when disaster strikes
New research reveals how climate change and bee declines could be linked
Attempts to stop the spread of bird flu and protect wildlife had unintended consequences
The 2011 east Japan tsunami swept huge amounts of wreckage out to sea—and Japanese species hitchhiked across the Pacific on the debris. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Jonathan Losos, biology professor at Harvard and curator of herpetology at the university’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, talks about his latest book, Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance and the Future of Evolution ...
Panda populations are rising, but the species has less living space today than three decades ago
Individuals in packs of African wild dogs appear to sneeze to make their wishes known regarding when to get up and hunt.
The finding was the result of years of searching for the elusive creature
A primatologist says 80 percent of Grauer’s gorillas have disappeared in the past 20 years
A trove of scientific notes from the early 1900s suggests a warming climate is driving birds to migrate earlier to New York’s Mohonk Preserve. Julia Rosen reports.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed electric and sound barriers to repel Asian carp approaching Lake Michigan
As temperatures rise, the tree line moves upslope. But ancient bristlecone pines are losing that upslope race to faster-colonizing neighbors. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Entrepreneurs are finding profits turning human waste into fertilizer, fuel and even food
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