Environment
The Hidden Crisis Killing India's Young Elephants
More than 50 percent of Indian elephants die before they hit puberty, according to a new study
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Climate Change
Confidence Is High for a Climate Deal in Paris [Video]
Despite some drama and tension at the COP21 meeting, world leaders and their negotiators are surprisingly optimistic Le Bourget, Paris — Momentum continues to build here for a landmark agreement to combat climate change...
Environment
Pivoting from Paris to Madagascar on Climate Change
Deforestation contributes more carbon to the atmosphere than the world's cars and trucks combined—and the biodiversity-rich forests of the planet's fourth-largest island are under attack...
Environment
California Farmers Will Intentionally Flood Their Fields This Winter
Hydrologists experiment with a groundwater-banking technique that could ease drought pains
Plight of the Long-Distance Flyers
Individual countries may protect migratory birds but the great length of their journeys are endangered
Environment
Fire Destroys 90 Percent of Rare Bird's Habitat in Australia
Only about 140 western ground parrots remained before last month’s devastating fires
Environment
Pollination Isn't Just for the Bees
Flies, beetles, butterflies and moths may account for some 40 percent of the world’s pollination. Christopher Intagliata reports
Environment
Money on Extinction, but Fighting Nonetheless
Artist Asher Jay has dedicated her career to drawing attention to the most pressing conservation issues today.
Environment
Massive Survey Creates Amazon Tree Census
A tree survey in the Amazon by more than 150 researchers led to an estimate that up to 57 percent of Amazon trees could qualify for threatened species status by 2050
The Sciences
Art Can Highlight Climate Change, But Where is the Data?
The other day, while waiting at the registration desk for an event entitled “Visualizing Climate Change,” I met a data visualization developer from Bloomberg News.
Environment
25 Possible New Extinctions: Hawaiian Plants, Madagascar Orchids, Chilean Water Frog
All of these species have been assessed as critically endangered at best, extinct at worst
Poaching Upsurge Threatens South America's Iconic Vicuña
Over the past 50 years vicuñas were brought back from the brink of extinction. Now they’ve attracted the attention of poachers and international wildlife traffickers eager to turn a profit from the llamalike animals’ highly prized wool...
Santa Monica's Mountain Lions Are Stuck on an Island, and Fast Disappearing
Auto accidents, rodenticides and shrinking habitat are killing urban cats that largely occupy an area surrounded by highways and development, but a proposed wildlife bridge could offer promise...
Environment
Northern White Rhino Dies, Leaving Just Three on the Planet
This weekend’s death of 41-year-old Nola in San Diego pushes the species even closer to extinction
Environment
Amazon Trees Face Extinction Crisis, but There's Hope
Existing protected areas could help prevent hundreds if not thousands of extinctions, according to new research
Environment
Call of the Orangutan: Research in the Midst of an Environmental Disaster
The Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project in Borneo is besieged and under threat from raging forest fires
Health
Urban Food Foraging Looks Fruitful
Fruits growing wild in urban areas were found to be healthful and to contain lower levels of lead than what's considered safe in drinking water
Environment
Squirrel! Conservationists Cheer as Giant Squirrel Recovers, Leaves Endangered Species List
Helpful landowners have created new habitats for Delmarva fox squirrel, a species that nearly disappeared 50 years ago
Poor Countries Do More When It Comes to Saving Forests
Richer countries like Brazil fall short when combating climate change
Environment
'Living Dead' Weevil Gets Another Shot at Surviving
Once thought to be extinct, fewer than 100 Canterbury knobbled weevils remain alive today. Could new science help to improve its odds of survival?
