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Biodiversity

Biodiversity

According to WWF, species extinction rates are between 1,000–10,000 times higher than what’s deemed natural. What will it take for us to understand that what’s wild is worth saving?

The Scientists Studying the Edge of Extinction

The Scientists Studying the Edge of Extinction

The Scientists Studying the Edge of Extinction Researchers on the frontline remain resilient through grief as they protect Earth's rarest creatures from kākāpō to right whales.

Anthropocene Biodiversity

A Love Letter to My Compost Heap

A Love Letter to My Compost Heap

A Love Letter to My Compost Heap Writer Romany Williams redefines composting as a pathway to greater environmental responsibility and spiritual growth.

Deep Ecology Biodiversity

An ominous shadow hovers above the sea water.

An ominous shadow hovers above the sea water.

Fossilized “Weird, Gigantic” Whale Could Be the Heaviest Animal Ever In a new study published in Nature, researchers discovered a 40-million-year-old whale species.

Biodiversity Ocean Life

A young boy faces away from the camera with a green parrot perched atop his head.

A young boy faces away from the camera with a green parrot perched atop his head.

In Batismo, A Celebration of Water and Life Photographer Gleeson Paulino turns his lens on water in the Amazon rainforest.

Art & Culture Biodiversity

The shadow of a dog sitting in a room looking forward.

The shadow of a dog sitting in a room looking forward.

Dogs Sniff Out Environmental Injustice The nosy canines track mink and otter scat on Blackfeet Land, which scientists test for food, water, and ecosystem contamination.

Indigeneity Environmental Justice

A blurry shot of a beige basket.

A blurry shot of a beige basket.

Tribes Unite in Defense of Culture and Forests In the Northeast, tribes are coming together to save the threatened black ash tree from a ravenous beetle.

Indigeneity Science & Nature

Close up of a red, white, and black moth.

Close up of a red, white, and black moth.

In the Dead of Night, a Deafening War The first piece in our new series on species interconnectedness traverses through the 60-million-year-old evolution of bats and moths.

Common Origins Science & Nature

A black and white shot of the center of a large tree trunk.

A black and white shot of the center of a large tree trunk.

What We Lose When We Lose Old-Growth Forests At the Harvard Forest Tree Ring Lab, researchers are coaxing clues from old-growth trees to our planet’s past—and possible future.

Science & Nature Biodiversity

Salt of the Earth: Preserving the Great Salt Lake

Salt of the Earth: Preserving the Great Salt Lake

Salt of the Earth: Preserving the Great Salt Lake The Frontline dives into the history of Indigenous people harvesting salt from the drying Great Salt Lake.

The Frontline Indigeneity

What’s the Real Cost of Mezcal?

What’s the Real Cost of Mezcal?

What’s the Real Cost of Mezcal? Communities in Oaxaca, Mexico, are striving to produce mezcal sustainably—but soaring demand from across the border makes it tough.

The Frontline Environmental Justice

America’s Wild Horse Population Is Booming. At What Ecological Cost?

America’s Wild Horse Population Is Booming. At What Ecological Cost?

America’s Wild Horse Population Is Booming. At What Ecological Cost? A symbol of the American West, a once-prosperous, now drought-stricken landscape, wild horses are dismantling the very place they represent.

Science & Nature Anthropocene

COP15: Aboriginal Australians Connect Biodiversity to Human Rights

COP15: Aboriginal Australians Connect Biodiversity to Human Rights

COP15: Aboriginal Australians Connect Biodiversity to Human Rights As COP15, the global biodiversity summit, takes off in Montreal, Aboriginal Australians share why world leaders must listen to their wisdom.

The Frontline Environmental Justice

The Complexity of Gorilla Conservation in the DRC

The Complexity of Gorilla Conservation in the DRC

The Complexity of Gorilla Conservation in the DRC In the DRC, fortress conservation works by drawing a boundary between humans and the rest of the natural world—with both paying a price.

Science & Nature Biodiversity

How the Flower Industry is Wilting the Planet

How the Flower Industry is Wilting the Planet

How the Flower Industry is Wilting the Planet Flowers are big business—but the cost of commercial flower farms to our environment is even greater. What’s the alternative?

Science & Nature Anthropocene

Cristina Mittermeier Reflects On Her Life Underwater

Cristina Mittermeier Reflects On Her Life Underwater

Cristina Mittermeier Reflects On Her Life Underwater Photographer and conservationist Cristina Mittermeier talks about how the ocean powers life on Earth—and how urgently we must protect it.

Science & Nature Ocean Life

De-extinction: When Woolly Mammoths Return

De-extinction: When Woolly Mammoths Return

De-extinction: When Woolly Mammoths Return Scientists want to rescue mammoths from extinction, promising climate and ecological benefits. Does it matter if it’s a real mammoth?

Science & Nature Biodiversity

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