What makes a champion tree? Check out some notable champs and learn how to nominate one. Sidney Stevens General Sherman, located in Sequoia National Park, is the biggest living thing …
Are Brazil‘s Deforesters Avoiding Detection? Rates of deforestation reported by Brazil‘s official deforestation monitoring system have declined dramatically in the Brazilian Amazon in recent years. Much of Brazil‘s success in …
Bolivia’s fast-melting glaciers Pavel Svoboda / shutterstock Bolivia’s glaciers have shrunk by more than 40% in the past few decades. This puts further pressure on an already stressed water supply, …
A New Report Says We’re Hunting the World’s Mammals to Death. What Can Be Done? Solutions are multifaceted and region-specific, but conservation researchers have some ideas A black and white …
Flying for 10 Months Without a Layover By JAMES GORMAN OCT. 27, 2016 Common swifts can stay aloft for up to 10 months, researchers found. They even mate in the …
Long-glanded blue coral snake has unique venom October 31, 2016 by Bryan Fry Blue coral snake. Credit: Tom Charlton One of the world’s most beautiful and venomous snakes has a …
From filmmaker Fisher Stevens, Leonardo DiCaprio travels the world speaking to scientists and world leaders about the dramatic effects of climate change.
Brazil mutant mosquitoes to breed out diseases Larvae of mosquito Aedes aegypti OX513A, infected with the Wolbachia bacteria which alters the reproductive capability of its host, seen at Oxitec facility …
Dorchester apologizes for killing honeybees Dorchester County officials apologized Tuesday for unintentionally killing millions of honeybees when it failed to notify local beekeepers about its mosquito spraying over the weekend. …
Scientists Hijacked Tobacco Plants to Make Malaria Drugs A promising new advance could make the world’s best anti-malarial drug more widely available Malaria is one of the modern world’s most …