
Bird Feeders Are Good for Some Species—But Possibly Bad for Others
Studies of bird feeding in the U.K. raise concerns about the ecological impacts of provisioning our feathered friends

Bird Feeders Are Good for Some Species—But Possibly Bad for Others
Studies of bird feeding in the U.K. raise concerns about the ecological impacts of provisioning our feathered friends

Gold Mining Is Poisoning Amazon Forests with Mercury
Mitigation strategies typically do not include forests, but my team’s research suggests they should


Trees Have the Potential to Live Indefinitely
Trees die as a result of severe damage, but some have overcome storms, droughts, fires, and more to survive for thousands of years

Great Apes’ Biggest Threat Is Human Activity, Not Habitat Loss
An assessment of chimpanzees, gorillas and bonobos reveals that our economic “footprint” is the primary driver of great apes’ fate

Three Things We Must Do to Tackle Climate Change
It’s time to act rapidly and decisively

Earth Could Be Alien to Humans by 2500
Unless greenhouse gas emissions drop significantly, warming by 2500 will make the Amazon barren, Iowa tropical and India too hot to live in

Here’s How Much Food Contributes to Climate Change
Animal-based foods produce about twice the emissions of plant-based ones, a new comprehensive study finds

Indigenous Amazon Communities Fight Deforestation with New Early-Alert Tool
A pilot program reveals that deforestation declined when Peruvian Indigenous communities use an early-alert-system app to detect forest loss

Archimedes, 3 Trillion Trees and Life in the Universe
A new estimate of Earth's total tree population shows previous estimates were seven times too low, and there are implications for efforts to understand the nature of life here and elsewhere in the universe

Is Chocolate Driving Monkeys into Extinction?
Ten years ago the forests of Ivory Coast were full of the hoots and howls of more than a dozen primate species. No more. Today the west African nation is much quieter.

Sunday Species Snapshot: Swift Parrot
The beautiful bird known as the swift parrot may be on the fast track to extinction. Species name: Swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) Description: A small bird, just 25 centimeters long, with bright features and a particularly showy attitude.

Look Out Lemurs: Climate Change Is Taking Your Land
As if rampant deforestation and poaching weren't bad enough, climate change will have a devastating effect on the majority of Madagascar's lemur species, most of them already imperiled, according to a paper published this week in Ecology and Evolution.