How New Zealand’s Pesky Pigs Turned Into a Cash Cow
The animals evolved into ultra-resilient, disease-free predators while isolated on Auckland Island. Now people want to breed them for organ transplants. ..
The animals evolved into ultra-resilient, disease-free predators while isolated on Auckland Island. Now people want to breed them for organ transplants. ..
A muddy trek reveals the last remnants of the Rwenzori Mountains’ once-sprawling ice fields, a loss for scientists studying the climate record. ..
Neoplants says its pothos has superior purification properties—but you’ll still need a lot of them to get the job done. ..
The trees have blossomed earlier as the local weather has warmed. But experts are divided over whether it’s cause for alarm. ..
Ice can trap pollutants and accelerate their breakdown, with troubling environmental consequences. ..
As climate change makes storms warmer and wetter, the state’s flood control system is struggling to keep up. ..
Governments are ignoring calls to stop fossil fuel expansion—despite there being little time left to avoid the worst effects of global warming. ..
Wild hogs destroy crops, uproot landscapes, and spread diseases—and not much is stopping them. ..
The planet is on track for catastrophic warming unless countries take extreme action, according to the IPCC’s latest climate report. ..
Botanists and community stewards are using patches of native flora as blueprints to revive tropical dry evergreen ecosystems from near-extinction. ..