In Defense of the Rat
Rats are less pestilent and more lovable than you might think. Can humans learn to live with them? ..
Rats are less pestilent and more lovable than you might think. Can humans learn to live with them? ..
Trees make clouds by releasing small quantities of vapors called “sesquiterpenes.” Scientists are learning more—and it’s making climate models ..
The 42 known species of the parasitic plant Rafflesia, known as the corpse flower, are endangered due to the destruction of forest habitats. ..
When habitat loss is one of the biggest issues facing wild animals, why has Alaska given an uninhabited, remote island to feral cattle? ..
It may not be possible to eradicate the state’s tens of thousands of Burmese pythons. But the local wildlife is biting back—and humans wielding new tech ..
The fireflies of Moriyama City have long been prized (and hunted) for their yellow-green glow. To bring populations back up, amateur conservationists are hitting ..
Yes, save the corals. But warming seas also imperil innumerable plankton, which power the oceanic ecosystem. ..
Snow is falling—but it doesn’t show up to replenish the river. In a drying West, researchers are racing to find out where it goes. ..
Extreme heat and other weather events are driving bears closer to humans’ campgrounds and hiking trails—and that’s no good for either species ..
Maybe one tweak: Ecologists in Ukraine are reintroducing kulans and other species to the steppes to help recover the war-ravaged ecoystem. It’s worked ..