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Lighting May Cut Seed-Rich Bat Guano Production

Bats ate less fruit in lit areas than in dark ones, which may lessen their seed-dispersal activities needed to bring back slashed rainforests. Cynthia Graber reports.

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How Climate Change Spurred a 10,000-Year Ice Age Journey

Ice sheets trapped ancient Americans in refuges on land now under the Bering Strait

Preservationists Fight to Save Rare Albino Redwood Tree in California

California drought means 30 million salmon may be trucked to sea

Asia-Pacific Nations Failing to Save Forests, Grassland Loss

Argentina and Chile Decide Not to Leave It to Beavers [Slide Show]

Importing the incisor-toothed hydrologists from Canada to the southernmost tip of South America seemed like a good idea in 1946, but it wasn’t

Rock Snot Gets a Boost from Climate Change

The spongy algae is proliferating across eastern North America

As Temperatures Climb, So Does Malaria

The risk area for malaria expanded between 1990 and 2005

Duke Ordered to Stop Groundwater Pollution at North Carolina Coal Plants

Clean Air within Reach in U.S.--But Not for Long

Considered inconceivable just a decade ago, achieving the federal target for fine particulates is perhaps one of the nation’s greatest environmental success stories. But the victory will be short-lived...

Infrastructure Threatened by Climate Change Poses a National Crisis

Whether it's water or communication systems, infrastructure is ill prepared to keep functioning under changing climate conditions

The U.S. Conservation Crisis That No One Hears About

An extinction crisis is quietly unfolding in the southeastern U.S.

Algae in Glass Cases Could Determine Fracking’s Toll

Tiny diatoms would add precision to the ongoing efforts to measure the natural gas boom’s effects on water quality

Groups Sue EPA to Force It to Move on Pesticide Disclosures

San Francisco Moves Closer to Banning Plastic Water Bottles

Oil Pollution is Making Gulf Dolphins Sick

For eighty-seven days in 2010, 210 million gallons of oil from wells below the Deepwater Horizon poured into the Gulf of Mexico. Researchers announced recently that as a result, Bottlenose dolphins in Louisiana’s Barataria Bay are suffering from a host of maladies, including lung disease and adrenal problems...

The Oldest Rocks on Earth

One team of scientists thinks ancient rocks discovered in northern Canada give us a window onto the planet's infancy and the birth of life itself. Another team thinks they're not that special...

A New Generation of American Chestnut Trees May Redefine America's Forests

Before an exotic fungus nearly wiped them out in the late 1800s, abundant chestnut trees shaped the forest ecosystem, providing food and shelter for numerous other species. In coming decades Chestnut trees engineered to battle the fungus could restore these lost relationships...

Yellowstone Bison Could Launch New Herds without Risking Cattle

New Threat to Brazil's Breadbasket: A Pesky Caterpillar

With the arrival of helicoverpa armigera, Brazil is now on red alert over the nation's third major pest outbreak in 30 years