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To Save a Seabird, Scientists Must Restore Balance to an Island Ecosystem

On the Farallon Islands, invasive mice and hungry owls are a deadly combination that threatens the endangered ashy storm petrel.

November 17, 2021

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Sierra Cistone

On the Farallon Islands, invasive mice and hungry owls are a deadly combination that threatens the endangered ashy storm petrel.

Voices

COP26 and Nature: Grizzly Bears Show Us the Connection Between Our Global and Local Actions

A window to the natural world reveals human–predator conflict and makes biodiversity loss, ecosystem destruction and species extinction irrefutable and real.

November 12, 2021

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Lara Birkes

A window to the natural world reveals human–predator conflict and makes biodiversity loss, ecosystem destruction and species extinction irrefutable and real.

News

Links From the Brink: Trump Reversals, Tuskless Elephants, Methane and Giant Snails

The month’s best and worst environmental news, plus other stories, science and context you don’t want to miss.

November 5, 2021

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John R. Platt and Tara Lohan

The month’s best and worst environmental news, plus other stories, science and context you don’t want to miss.

Climate Change

5 Ways Climate Change Will Affect Plants and Animals

Warming temperatures, stronger storms and rising seas present a cascade of challenges that researchers are racing to understand.

November 1, 2021

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Tara Lohan

Warming temperatures, stronger storms and rising seas present a cascade of challenges that researchers are racing to understand.

Wildlife

A Nose for Science: Conservation Dogs May Help in Search for Endangered Franklin’s Bumblebee

Handlers hope a mutt named Filson can sniff out a pollinator no one has seen in 15 years.

October 25, 2021

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Juliet Grable

Handlers hope a mutt named Filson can sniff out a pollinator no one has seen in 15 years.

Reviews

12 Environmental Novels We’re Reading This Fall

Whether you’re into literary fiction, thrillers, sci-fi or comics, these new novels help us explore the complex geographies of climate change, pollution and the extinction crisis.

October 21, 2021

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John R. Platt

Whether you’re into literary fiction, thrillers, sci-fi or comics, these new novels help us explore the complex geographies of climate change, pollution and the extinction crisis.

Wildlife

Could Property Law Help Achieve ‘Rights of Nature’ for Wild Animals?

A new legal theory proposes granting property rights to wildlife to protect them from habitat destruction.

October 18, 2021

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Claire Hamlett

A new legal theory proposes granting property rights to wildlife to protect them from habitat destruction.

Voices

Species Spotlight: The Greater Hog Badger, Cornered by a Hunting-Driven Extinction Crisis

This fearless carnivore lives a secretive life and digs fantastic tunnels — but that can’t protect it from poachers and snares.

October 15, 2021

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Muntasir Akash

This fearless carnivore lives a secretive life and digs fantastic tunnels — but that can’t protect it from poachers and snares.

Voices

Vanishing: Sawfishes Are Weird and Wonderful — But Important, Too

A conservation scientist would miss these delightfully bizarre fish if they went extinct, but there’s more to saving them than their looks.

October 8, 2021

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Helen Yan

A conservation scientist would miss these delightfully bizarre fish if they went extinct, but there’s more to saving them than their looks.

Editorials

23 Gone, Countless More to Save

Are you angry about the extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 other species? Good. Use it.

October 4, 2021

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John R. Platt

Are you angry about the extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 other species? Good. Use it.