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Last year, the planet lost 9.2 million acres of its tropical forest, an area a bit larger than the entire state of Maryland, according to new data...
Bird flu is, famously, a disease that infects birds. But on Monday, federal and state authorities reported that a person in Texas had tested positive...
Once a year, after dark, a bit of magic happens in the ocean. In tropical waters worldwide, large chunks of coral — those colorful rocklike...
For those of us who live in a city or suburb and don’t farm our own food, it can be hard to understand how wild animals affect our lives. Natural...
The sex life of a conch is, for a snail, quite thrilling. In the spring and summer, the queen conch — a large, ornate species of marine snail —...
Is oat milk good or bad for you? That’s the question a bunch of recent news headlines have asked. I really hate that question. Obviously, how the...
Global warming is famously bad for polar bears. The reason is simple: Sea ice provides a platform from which these hulking predators can hunt seals,...
Camembert, I’m sorry to report, is in trouble. The soft cheese, which smells a bit like feet, is on the “verge of extinction,” according to the...
Spotting a great white shark only 1,000 feet from the beach is usually quite scary. On rare occasion, these apex predators, which can reach 20 feet...
Not all bats are unbelievably, overwhelmingly adorable, like the one below. Many of them have wrinkly faces and large ears that help them “see” in...
A day in the life of a goat in the Alps is, perhaps, as idyllic as it sounds. Wake up when the sun rises. Eat some grass and wildflowers. Rest. Go to...
In the dry mountains east of Fresno stands a pine tree that’s more than 4,800 years old. The tree, a bristlecone pine with a thick trunk and...
In the year 2023, you hear less about how nature is healing and more about how nature is fighting back. First, it was the orcas. A small pod of them...
On a brisk morning last month, the deputy mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, stood in front of a French TV camera with a serious look on his face and...
No matter where you live on this planet, you need the Amazon rainforest. The largest tropical forest on Earth, the Amazon stores more than 120...