Climate Change
Climate Change Complicates the Whole Dam Debate
Demolishing dams helps many fish but threatens waters where some native species shelter from drought and invasive predators
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Biology
Mice as Conservationists?
A naturally occurring gene in house mice may help eliminate their invasive cousins that live on islands...
Conservation
States Attack U.S. Endangered Species Act Rules
Emboldened by Trump election, several states ask White House to roll back habitat protection
Climate Change
Congress Targets Species Act--and Its Climate Benefits
The law may promote resiliency to warming by protecting habitats and natural systems
Conservation
African Penguins Pulled into an Ecological Trap
Climate change and overfishing have made the penguins’ feeding grounds a mirage—which has led to a drop in penguin population. Jason G. Goldman reports.
Energy
This Battery Runs on the Hidden Power of Estuaries
Freshwater-saltwater ecosystems could provide bountiful renewable energy
Environment
Trump Orders Review of Obama Waterway Regulation
The rule protects smaller streams and other bodies that the EPA said could “impact downstream waters"
Environment
Corals May Get Temporary Reprieve from Bleaching
Climate models show the absence of a global atmospheric circulation pattern which bolsters high ocean temperatures key to coral bleaching
Environment
African Countries Mobilize to Battle Invasive Caterpillars
The fall armyworm has rapidly spread across the continent and is wreaking destruction on staple crops
Environment
The True "Bottom" of the Food Chain Is Plenty Polluted
Critters living more than six miles below the ocean surface contain high levels of harmful compounds like PCBs and flame retardants. Julia Rosen reports.
Conservation
Congress Wants to Stop Coastal Erosion--with Mud
The Army Corps will run 10 pilot projects in which dredged sediment will protect coastlines
Conservation
Housing Boom Busts Birds' Valentine's Day
A Pacific Northwest housing boom is encroaching on songbird habitat, forcing the birds to flee their homes—and their mates.
Engineering
Cool Coating Chills in Sunlight
A thin film coating can chill a vat of water to 15 degress Fahrenheit cooler than its surroundings, by absorbing—and then emitting—the sun's infrared rays. Christopher Intagliata reports...
Conservation
New Zealand Warns of Exploding Whale Carcasses after Mass Stranding
Authorities cut holes in 300 bodies to release decomposition pressure
Conservation
The Trauma of Saving Animals
A clinical psychologist treats shell-shocked rangers engaged in Africa's poaching wars
Environment
Gulf Dead Zone Makes for Shrimpier Shrimp
The low-oxygen waters of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico result in smaller shrimp, and a spike in large shrimp prices. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Evolution
Did a Changing Climate Wipe Out the Giant Kangaroo?
New research suggests that as weather patterns changed some 30,000 years ago in Australia, megafauna went extinct
Conservation
Harvesting Sharks Could Be Key to Saving Them
Sustainable fishing of some species for products including fins is feasible, and can avoid cruel practices, study finds
Conservation
East of Siberia: Shadows of Wolves
A retired Russian biologist tells the tale of a long-ago encounter with a wild canine
Conservation
Wetlands Can Help Fight Climate Change
But if these ecosystems are not protected, they could release huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere
