The Environment

Sperm whales, which make clicking sounds to communicate, use different “vowels” in ways similar to human speech

After attempts at relocation and sterilization have failed, invasive hippos introduced by the infamous drug lord will be culled, the country announced

Summer is here—in April? Many East Coast states will see unusually hot days this week

This whopping bee aggregation is one of the largest and oldest ever recorded, according to a new study

The Pokémon franchise, including its recent game Pokémon Pokopia, is inspired by real animals and their ecology. It’s no surprise that so many scientists love to try and “catch ’em all”

As rich ore gets harder to find, the mining industry is using subatomic particles to map rock deep underground

Biologists are racing to save America’s freshwater mussels—the water-filtering keystone species that once filled the country’s rivers and streams—from extinction

These images, conservationists say, are evidence that wildlife corridors are paying off

Strikes to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant could release long-lasting radioactive cesium 137 into the Persian Gulf, causing environmental calamity and threatening drinking-water supplies for millions

Decades of data reveal that animals involved in the wildlife trade—from pet sales to meat markets to illegal poaching—are much more likely to carry pathogens that can infect humans

An update on NASA’s historic moon mission, alarm over the low snowpack in the western U.S. and a move that could endanger wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico

These incredible corals form what may be one of the world’s largest reef systems—and researchers have a plan to restore it