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Eels, Cocaine and Climate Change

Forget ‘Cocaine Bear’ and ‘Cocaine Shark.’ To really understand the environmental threat of illicit drugs, look to eels.

August 16, 2023

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John R. Platt

Forget ‘Cocaine Bear’ and ‘Cocaine Shark.’ To really understand the environmental threat of illicit drugs, look to eels.

Oceans & Clean Water

Playing Matchmaker for Corals

Improving the success of sexual reproduction is another tool for restoring the world’s coral reefs.

August 9, 2023

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Melissa Gaskill

Improving the success of sexual reproduction is another tool for restoring the world’s coral reefs.

Climate Change

A Lifeline for Winter-Run Chinook

With salmon migration blocked by Shasta Dam, a Tribe and agency scientists collaborate to bring them home.

August 7, 2023

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Juliet Grable

With salmon migration blocked by Shasta Dam, a Tribe and agency scientists collaborate to bring them home.

Wildlife

Three Ways Congress Could Act to Protect Imperiled Wildlife

Legislators in Washington could help close significant funding gaps that thwart wildlife conservation.

August 3, 2023

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Tara Lohan

Legislators in Washington could help close significant funding gaps that thwart wildlife conservation.

Reviews

5 Hot New Environmental Books

…to read while it’s too hot to do anything else.

July 31, 2023

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John R. Platt

…to read while it’s too hot to do anything else.

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Voices

Protect This Place: World-Renowned Elwha River Threatened by State Logging

A timber sale looms over hiking trails, a nearby city’s water supply, and already-vulnerable salmon and orca populations.

July 28, 2023

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Elizabeth Dunne and Aaditi Lele

A timber sale looms over hiking trails, a nearby city’s water supply, and already-vulnerable salmon and orca populations.

3 scuba divers float above restored coral

Oceans & Clean Water

Planting Coral Gardens to Save Florida’s Reefs

Volunteers flock to Key Largo to go underwater and help restore one of the world’s most important ecosystems.

July 19, 2023

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Melissa Gaskill

Volunteers flock to Key Largo to go underwater and help restore one of the world’s most important ecosystems.

A close up of a striking black, white and blue moth, the sun shining through its semi transparent wings.

Voices

Species Spotlight: Saving the Bog Buck Moth

This striking insect just gained Endangered Species Act protection, but its habitat is still disappearing.

July 14, 2023

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Karen Rachel Sime

This striking insect just gained Endangered Species Act protection, but its habitat is still disappearing.

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News

How to Make Friends and Influence People — to Save the World

What persuades people to help protect threatened species and ecosystems? Most scientists think facts alone will change minds. They’re wrong.

July 12, 2023

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Dr. David Shiffman

What persuades people to help protect threatened species and ecosystems? Most scientists think facts alone will change minds. They’re wrong.

Op-Eds

Trophy Hunting Propaganda Is One More Form of Greenwashing

As the United Kingdom proposes to ban trophy imports, hunting proponents ramp up their efforts to dismiss their critics.

July 10, 2023

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Ross Harvey

As the United Kingdom proposes to ban trophy imports, hunting proponents ramp up their efforts to dismiss their critics.