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Climate Change

Yes, Your Friends and Neighbors Want to Talk to You About Climate Change

Really, they do — they just don’t think you want to talk about it. So stop being afraid of pushback, break the “climate silence,” and start a conversation.
April 21, 2025
by
John R. Platt
Really, they do — they just don’t think you want to talk about it. So stop being afraid of pushback, break the “climate silence,” and start a conversation.
Extinction Countdown

Bird Bias? New Research Reveals ‘Drab’ Species Get…Less Research

Focusing on brightly plumaged and “familiar” birds can leave important conservation questions unanswered — and even put less attractive species at risk.
April 18, 2025
by
John R. Platt
Focusing on brightly plumaged and “familiar” birds can leave important conservation questions unanswered — and even put less attractive species at risk.
Wildlife

Nature Isn’t Binary: Discovering the World’s First Intersex Southern Right Whale

What you think you know about the world depends on how you’re looking.
April 10, 2025
by
Vanessa Minke-Martin
What you think you know about the world depends on how you’re looking.
A man sits on a rocky outcropping overlooking sun-tinged fog.
Voices

The Psychological Effects of Climate Change: The Scientific Explanations — and Solutions That Can Empower Your Mind

Our minds can flip the script on climate change. Here are ways to reframe our perceptions and make us more resilient and empowered.
March 31, 2025
by
Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.
Our minds can flip the script on climate change. Here are ways to reframe our perceptions and make us more resilient and empowered.
Voices

Call for Submissions: Save This Species

Have you worked with or advocated for an imperiled, rare, or fascinating species? We want to share your stories and support efforts to protect these endangered plants and animals.
March 24, 2025
by
John R. Platt
Have you worked with or advocated for an imperiled, rare, or fascinating species? We want to share your stories and support efforts to protect these endangered plants and animals.
News

How DOGE Cuts Threatens Science That Could Save the Planet

Politicians have mocked, belittled, and cut federally funded research for decades, but funding basic science has a long history of lifesaving discoveries.
March 19, 2025
by
John R. Platt
Politicians have mocked, belittled, and cut federally funded research for decades, but funding basic science has a long history of lifesaving discoveries.
Voices

Inadvertently Victorious — How Some Species Persist as the Climate Collapses

Hunting enthusiasts moved species like muskoxen and mountain goats to new environments, but their survival in those faraway lands may help animals in other areas.
March 7, 2025
by
Joel Berger and Forest Hayes
Hunting enthusiasts moved species like muskoxen and mountain goats to new environments, but their survival in those faraway lands may help animals in other areas.
Reviews

Comics for Earth: Eight New Graphic Novels About Saving the Planet and Celebrating Wildlife

These new comics collections use satire, poetry, and science to shine a light on human failures — and who and what we need to save.
February 28, 2025
by
John R. Platt
These new comics collections use satire, poetry, and science to shine a light on human failures — and who and what we need to save.
Extinction Countdown

The Curlew, the Cactus, and the Obliterated Whitefish: The Species We Lost in 2024

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.
February 11, 2025
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John R. Platt
Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.
Voices

Earth Doesn’t Burn: (Back) Toward a Fire-Wise Infrastructure in Southern California

Earthen homes present an opportunity for building sustainably, but first we need to overcome several institutional barriers.
February 7, 2025
by
Kenjus T. Watson, Ph.D.
Earthen homes present an opportunity for building sustainably, but first we need to overcome several institutional barriers.

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