Climate Change
Warming Puts Squeeze on Ancient Trees
As temperatures rise, the tree line moves upslope. But ancient bristlecone pines are losing that upslope race to faster-colonizing neighbors. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Engineering
The New Economy of Excrement
Entrepreneurs are finding profits turning human waste into fertilizer, fuel and even food
Natural Disasters
Hurricane Irma: Florida’s Overdevelopment Has Created a Ticking Time Bomb
Disaster risk expert says intense population growth and urban coastal development have created a huge danger
Weather
Surging Seas Pose Extreme Threat to Florida
Experts believe Irma's destructive impact on the state will be unprecedented and widespread
China's Endangered Fireflies
They're used to light up birthdays, Valentine's Day, and massive "glow shows" in theme parks—and at harvest rates of 17 million insects a year, they're at risk of extinction...
Biology
Windows Vex Bats' Echolocating Abilities
Smooth vertical surfaces like windows reflect sound waves away from bats—meaning bats can't "see" windows and similar obstacles with echolocation. Christopher Intagliata reports...
Conservation
How a Tiny Portion of the World’s Oceans Could Help Meet Global Seafood Demand
Aquaculture will have to be the primary source of our seafood now and into the future
Conservation
Rabbit Relatives Reel from Climate Change
Pikas, a hampster-size rabbit relative, have disappeared from a 64-square-mile plot in the northern Sierra Nevada—and climate change is a likely culprit. Christopher Intagliata reports...
Revealing the Mysteries of the Magnificent, Elusive Whale Shark
Imagine trying to collect a blood sample from a fish the size of a school bus, with skin like sandpaper four inches thick
Biology
Grazing Cattle Change the Menu for Birds
When cattle graze the desert's natural landscape, birds face changes in food availability—and some species are unable to adapt. Jason Goldman reports.
Conservation
A Fruitful Experiment in Land Conservation
In 1998 an orange juice maker dumped 12,000 tons of orange peels on degraded pastureland in Costa Rica—transforming it into vine-rich jungle. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Space & Physics
Recycle Your Eclipse Glasses
Astronomers Without Borders wants to share your used eclipse glasses with kids in other parts of the world for the 2019 total solar eclipse.
Conservation
How Do You Move a Giant Sequoia?
Boise, Idaho, recently relocated a century-old, living tree provided by John Muir
Environment
Is This the Next Green Revolution?
To avert a future famine, scientists are manipulating the complex conversation that plants have with microbes, pests and other elements of the phytobiome
Conservation
Where’s My Elephant? High-Tech Collars Track Wildlife in Real Time
Devices and accompanying software, now being tested in Kenya and beyond, could help conservationists outsmart poachers
Climate Change
Climate Change Fires Up Polar Bear Treadmill
Sea ice is drifting faster in the Arctic—which means polar bears need to walk farther to stay in their native range. Emily Schwing reports.
Evolution
No Bull: Lizards Flee When They See Red
Western fence lizards are more spooked by red and gray shirts than they are by blue ones—perhaps because the males have blue bellies themselves. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Conservation
Goodbye, Vaquita: How Corruption and Poverty Doom Endangered Species
What the demise of a small Mexican porpoise tells us about extinction in the 21st century
A Cinderella Story for Global Tiger Day
A tigress named Zolushka helps establish a blueprint for the restoration of her species across Asia
Are You Afraid of Sharks? Don't Be
Instead, celebrate them as magnificent predators crucial to the health of oceans—before it's too late
