Paying people to preserve forests really seems to work

It's a cost-effective option for carbon management.

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Ravens Are So Smart, One Hacked This Researcher's Experiment

Researchers had to remove the bird because they were worried it’d teach the others.

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Cecil the lion's son shot dead by trophy hunter

Cecil the lion’s oldest cub has been shot dead by trophy hunters. Xanda was killed outside the Hwange National Park in north west Zimbabwe, according to lion guardians at the national park. He was just over six years old and had several young cubs.

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Open Burns, Ill Winds

The Pentagon’s handling of munitions and their waste has poisoned millions of acres, and left Americans to guess at the threat to their health.

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Unlocking the Secrets Behind the Hummingbird's Frenzy

To our eyes, they often are a blur. But high-speed cameras show us what makes these birds perfect flying machines.

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I’m a scientist. I’m blowing the whistle on the Trump administration.

I was reassigned to an unrelated job in the accounting office that collects royalty checks from fossil fuel companies.

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The Accidental Urban Gardener

Once upon a time, like most sane people, Charlotte Mendelson was utterly uninterested in gardening. Then, accidentally, she fell in love.

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