Features
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Ghost Forests
How Rising Seas Are Killing Southern U.S. Woodlands
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Photo Essay
How Pollution is Devastating an Indonesian Lake
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The Greenhouse Gas Riddle
What is Causing the Recent Rise in Methane Emissions?
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The Moth Snowstorm
Finding True Value in Nature’s Riches
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Artificial Islands
The Rising Environmental Toll of China’s Offshore Island Grab
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Natural Aquaculture
Can We Save the Oceans By Farming Them?
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A Post-Fact World
How the Attack on Science Is Becoming a Global Contagion
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High Stakes on the High Seas
A Growing Call for International Marine Reserves
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Disappearing Species
What’s Killing Native Birds in the Mountain Forests of Kauai?
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Exploring How and Why Trees ‘Talk’ to Each Other
Ecologist Suzanne Simard has shown how trees use a network of soil fungi to communicate their needs and aid neighboring plants. Now she’s warning that threats like clear-cutting and climate change could disrupt these critical networks.
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Wildlife Farming: Does It Help Or Hurt Threatened Species?
Wildlife farming is being touted as a way to protect endangered species while providing food and boosting incomes in rural areas. But some conservation scientists argue that such practices fail to benefit beleaguered wildlife.