environment

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Global

Can 3.5 Percent Save the Planet?

Yasmeen Serhan

November 8, 2021

Protesters hold signs while marching in a demonstration near the COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Science

Killer Whales Are Too Similar for Their Own Good

Hakai Magazine and Shi En Kim

November 7, 2021

Science

Spiders Play All Sorts of Mind Games

Betsy Mason and Knowable Magazine

November 6, 2021

Science

The Next Weird Way We’re Changing Cats

Sarah Zhang

November 5, 2021

A tissue box with a tissue in it shaped as the silhouette of a cat

Science

Floating Wind Farms Are About to Transform the Oceans

Judith Lewis Mernit

November 4, 2021

Science

We’re Heading Straight for a Demi-Armageddon

Emma Marris

November 3, 2021

A hand holds up a globe with red and black squiggles coming off it like fire

Science

The Enormous Hole That Whaling Left Behind

Ed Yong

November 3, 2021

Newsletters

Steel Is Back

Robinson Meyer

November 3, 2021

A worker in a protective suit oversees molten iron flowing from a blast furnace at the ThyssenKrupp steel mill in Duisburg, Germany.

Culture

To Hell With Drowning

Julian Aguon

November 1, 2021

Science

Biden’s Amazing, Disappointing Climate Triumph

Robinson Meyer

October 28, 2021

Science

After 30 Years of Breeding Condors, a Secret Comes Out

Sarah Zhang

October 28, 2021

Science

Democrats Might Give Up on a Methane Tax, and Maybe That’s Okay

Robinson Meyer

October 27, 2021

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Science

Do You Even Lift, Embryo?

Katherine J. Wu

October 26, 2021

Science

The Animal Kingdom Is Full of Genetic Screwballs

Alla Katsnelson and Knowable Magazine

October 24, 2021

Science

African Elephants Evolved Tusklessness Amazingly Fast

Ed Yong

October 21, 2021

Planet

The Key Insight That Defined 50 Years of Climate Science

Robinson Meyer

October 20, 2021

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Science

Biden Cannot Declare Victory on Climate Without One of These Policies

Robinson Meyer

October 16, 2021

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Planet

Deforestation Is a Crime

Robinson Meyer

October 11, 2021

Science

Zombie Shark, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo

Claudia Geib and Hakai Magazine

October 10, 2021

A Lesser Spotted Catshark rests in shallow waters.

Science

The American West Has Way Too Many Fences

Michael Parks and High Country News

October 9, 2021

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Ideas

Bangladesh Really Is a Climate Success Story

Joyashree Roy

October 9, 2021

An offshore rig laid over the Bangladesh flag

Science

Flatworms Are Metal

Ed Yong

October 8, 2021

A planarian flatworm splits in three, and each piece regenerates into a new worm.

Science

In One Place, for One Fish, Climate Change May Be a Boon

Miranda Weiss

October 6, 2021

As the fishing season comes to an end in Naknek, Alaska, fishermen are busy unloading their boats and preparing them for winter storage.TKTKTK

Science

Weighing a Fat Bear Is a Great Idea Until You Actually Do It

Kylie Mohr and High Country News

October 3, 2021

Science

What Even Counts as Science Writing Anymore?

Ed Yong

October 2, 2021

Science

Big Business Is Bankrolling an Effort to Kill the Democratic Climate Bill

Robinson Meyer

October 1, 2021

Science

These Sea Slugs Break a Cardinal Rule of Animal Life

Katherine J. Wu

September 28, 2021

Science

Iceland’s Orcas Will Do Anything to Avoid a Pilot Whale

Hakai Magazine and Marina Wang

September 26, 2021

Science

Democrats May Be on the Verge of Climate Disaster

Robinson Meyer

September 21, 2021

Hundreds of young climate activists rally in Lafayette Square on the north side of the White House on June 28, 2021.

Politics

A World Without Children

Emma Green

September 20, 2021

A black-and-white image of a baby with a red globe as his head

Planet

Why I’m Thinking About Alcohol Taxes

Robinson Meyer

September 14, 2021

Two men pour liquor down a storm drain during the Prohibition era

Culture

An Ode to Squirrels

James Parker

October 2021 Issue

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Science

Alabama’s Watery Past Is a Warning

Hakai Magazine and Jack Tamisiea

September 11, 2021

Family

Every Dog Is a Rescue Dog

John Dickerson

September 9, 2021

Science

When the Climate Crisis Becomes Unignorable

Robinson Meyer

September 7, 2021

Emergency workers try to douse the smoldering remains of a banquet hall fire after the remnants of Hurricane Ida and its torrential rains tore through the area, in Manville, N.J., Sept. 3, 2021.

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Animals of the Future

Can 3.5 Percent Save the Planet?

Killer Whales Are Too Similar for Their Own Good

Spiders Play All Sorts of Mind Games

The Next Weird Way We’re Changing Cats

Floating Wind Farms Are About to Transform the Oceans

We’re Heading Straight for a Demi-Armageddon

The Enormous Hole That Whaling Left Behind

Steel Is Back

To Hell With Drowning

Biden’s Amazing, Disappointing Climate Triumph

After 30 Years of Breeding Condors, a Secret Comes Out

Democrats Might Give Up on a Methane Tax, and Maybe That’s Okay

Do You Even Lift, Embryo?

The Animal Kingdom Is Full of Genetic Screwballs

African Elephants Evolved Tusklessness Amazingly Fast

The Key Insight That Defined 50 Years of Climate Science

Biden Cannot Declare Victory on Climate Without One of These Policies

Deforestation Is a Crime

Zombie Shark, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo

The American West Has Way Too Many Fences

Bangladesh Really Is a Climate Success Story

Flatworms Are Metal

In One Place, for One Fish, Climate Change May Be a Boon

Weighing a Fat Bear Is a Great Idea Until You Actually Do It

What Even Counts as Science Writing Anymore?

Big Business Is Bankrolling an Effort to Kill the Democratic Climate Bill

These Sea Slugs Break a Cardinal Rule of Animal Life

Iceland’s Orcas Will Do Anything to Avoid a Pilot Whale

Democrats May Be on the Verge of Climate Disaster

A World Without Children

Why I’m Thinking About Alcohol Taxes

An Ode to Squirrels

Alabama’s Watery Past Is a Warning

Every Dog Is a Rescue Dog

When the Climate Crisis Becomes Unignorable