Conservation

The shift could change which prey animals hunt or make it harder to find food

In spite of their ecological, economic and cultural significance, predators are among the most heavily persecuted animals, due to conflict with humans and their assets

A survey to study this elusive, threatened mammal stretched over 7 winters and 70,000 kilometers

Coral skeletons have recorded changes in the ocean environment over thousands of years

Plugged In will unplug on Friday. It’s been a great seven years and we look forward to continuing the conversations that we started here

Some crops grow better under raised solar panels than they do in full sun

A rise in global temperatures may be making all kinds of creatures smaller—a trend with worrisome implications

During extreme heat waves, a species of eucalyptus copes by releasing water and taking advantage of evaporative cooling. Other trees may do the same.

Sea lions and fur seals in Uruguay have become a tourist attraction—but the animals have become less, not more, accepting of humans. Jason G. Goldman reports. 

Scientists work to understand vulnerability to global warming at the level of animals’ DNA

...they can't do their job of protecting aquatic ecosystems if people fail to respect their boundaries

She’s the only freeborn orca still in captivity in the US, and her birth pod—and even her mother—are still living in the wild