Microbes have lived in Cuatro Ciénegas for 500 million years. They’ve survived countless cataclysms and extinctions. But can they survive us?
Carrie Arnold
Reorienting Our Relationship with the Land through Ritual
In Review: The Promise of the Land: A Passover Haggadah
Zachary Goldberg
A Planet of Missing Beauties
Mourning the world I thought I grew up in, and the birds I thought I knew.
Tom Engelhardt
Good Fire on the Klamath
Indigenous-led fire training exchanges support Native rights, open dialogue about wildfire management in California.
Jared Dahl Aldern
Coronavirus Stimulus Plans Must Address Climate Crisis, Green Groups Say
Economic relief is essential, but it shouldn't entrech fossil fuel dependence across the global economy.
Fiona HarveyThe Guardian
Certain Individual Fish Contribute Far More to Ecosystem Health than Others, Research Shows
Understanding unique contribution of highly active individuals could support sustainable fisheries management.
Mukta Patil
Evangelical Group to Contact Indigenous Peoples in Amazon Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
A fundamentalist Christian organization has purchased a helicopter with plans to visit and convert isolated groups in remote Brazilian rainforest.
Sue Branford
Oil Freefall Shows US Economy ‘Still Too Reliant’ on Fossil Fuels
As coronoavirus pandemic shrinks demand for oil, experts say it's time to move towards alternatives.
Andy Rowell
On Climate Change, Kids Should be Both Seen and Heard
WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission report calls for amplifying children’s voices in climate discussions and decision-making efforts.
Rachel Sturges
How the World’s Fattest Parrot Came Back From the Brink
New Zealand’s kākāpō has long been endangered, but when a deadly fungal disease struck the country’s vets came to the rescue.
Kate EvansThe Guardian
In Afghanistan, a New National Park Carries Hope for Conservation and Peace
The Bamyan Plateau Protected Area, the country's 5th national park, holds an abundance of rare wildlife and undisturbed habitat.
Erich Orion
Where Arctic Cod Goes, Marine Mammals Follow
Increased ship traffic in the warming Arctic drives fish away, study shows, spelling larger impacts on the marine food web and the communities that depend on it.
Austin Price
Are Scientists Substantially Undercounting Gene-Editing Errors?
New research suggests that this technology is more error-prone than initially assumed.
Jonathan Latham
World’s Biggest Meat Company Linked to ‘Brutal Massacre’ in Amazon
Investigation traces meat sold to JBS and rival Marfrig to a farm in Brazil owned by man implicated in Mato Grosso killings.
Dom PhillipsThe Guardian
From Megafauna to Mecha-Fauna
Children no longer grow up in relationship with wild beings. Big machines are filling that void.
