I thought I’d seen it all studying plastics. Then my team found 2,000 bags in a camel
Digging between the ribs of a dead camel buried in the sands of Dubai, I couldn’t believe what my colleagues and I found: a mass...
Butterflies are vanishing out West. Scientists say climate change is to blame.
Hundreds of butterfly species across the American West are vanishing as the region becomes hotter, drier and more vulnerable to the effects of climate change,...
Flawed NOAA Proposal Too Weak to Help Endangered Right Whales
On the last day of 2020, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—the agency responsible for protecting whales in U.S. waters—released a proposed regulation to...
As Warming Oceans Bring Tough Times to California Crab Fishers, Scientists Say Diversifying is Key to Survival
California’s Dungeness crab fishermen have had a rough year. Poor meat quality, endangered whales migrating too close to shore and price disputes with wholesalers kept...
Shark Populations Are Crashing, With a ‘Very Small Window’ to Avert Disaster
In just the last half-century, humans have caused a staggering, worldwide drop in the number of sharks and rays that swim the open oceans, scientists...
Covid-19 Kept Tourists Away. Why Did These Seabirds Miss Them?
When tourists come to Stora Karlso, a limestone-ledged nature reserve off the coast of Sweden, they keep a respectful distance from the many seabirds that...
Trump Opens Habitat of a Threatened Owl to Timber Harvesting
The Trump administration on Wednesday removed more than 3 million acres of Pacific Northwest land from the protected habitat of the northern spotted owl, 15...
Mysterious Dolphin Deaths Linked To Climate Change In New Study
In 2007, scientists studying dolphins in the Gippsland Lakes of South Eastern Australia noticed something alarming. Dead dolphins were washing up on shore, covered in...