Nature

The new normal for California is no normal.

This week, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was unfurled in all its floppy, haggard glory. As many a Twitter…

When the scientists who warned the world last year that 1 million species face extinction issue a new warning about…

The oceans are facing a host of maladies, from acidification to sea level rise. Turning them into a ginormous liquid…

There’s been a line of thinking burbling around certain corners of the internet that the coronavirus is good,…

There is no single solution to the world-wide epidemic of poor mental health; addressing its root causes—like…

In his 45 years as a shrimp fisherman in south Louisiana, Venice native Acy Cooper has never seen the industry…

The finalists have been announced for this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. This year’s crop…

It turns out you can ward off some thieving gulls by just staring them down, according to a new study. I say some…

The U.S. has been unbelievably good at one thing: destroying shit. Over 16 years, humans have destroyed some 24…

Who doesn’t love to spend time in garden? Some people love it so much, though, that they stake out for hours, camera…

On Thursday, a new study in Scientific Reports found just two hours a week spent in nature can help improve a…

Last month’s huge extinction report showed the natural world is under siege. But the hits keep coming for nature and…

It was a bad week if you’re the type of person who enjoys a habitable planet. A dire report chronicled how human…

It’s April 2019—and perhaps the month that will later be known as the dawn of the Age of Fungus. A concerning report…

In the opening episode of Our Planet, Netflix’s new nature documentary, there’s a scene where a glacier tumbling…

As a follow-up to its strange call for blood donations in celebration of Game of Thrones’ final season, HBO has now…

Introducing Hyloscirtus hillisi, a species of treefrog recently discovered in the eastern Andes of Ecuador. Among…

For nearly 100 years, scientists haven’t been able to agree on the evolutionary origins of a strange, now-extinct…