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Environment

Last Year’s Severe Wildfires May Intensify a Spring Wildflower ‘Superbloom’

Fire followed by rain is the recipe for colorful fields and canyons.

February 07, 2019

London, England

WWT London Wetland Centre

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

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In Angola, Conservationists Make the Case for a Massive New National Park

Newly stable countries are hotspots for wilderness protection.

January 15, 2019

Termites Are a Rain Forest's Ecological Insurance Policy

During a drought, wood-eating insects can be a jungle's best friends.

January 14, 2019

Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, Brazil

The Patriarch Tree

This magnificent tree towering over the Atlantic rainforest is one of the oldest and largest in Brazil.

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Two Adriatic Dolphin Pods Scrupulously Avoid Each Other

Researchers don't know exactly why they're so clique-y.

December 18, 2018

Roaches Taste Like Blue Cheese, and Other Bugsgiving Revelations

This Thanksgiving, why not feast on insects?

November 20, 2018

Found: Teeth From a Medieval Sea Monster/Delicacy

Fancy a lamprey pie?

November 01, 2018

Bury Me in an Artificial Reef

One Florida-based company offers a second life at sea by adding cremains to something called a reef ball.

October 29, 2018

Sluice

This striking steel sculpture transforms environmental data into art.

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Mule Deer Are Eating Away at the Most Massive Living Thing in the World

A special aspen grove needs the chance to regenerate.

October 18, 2018

This Award-Winning Australian Land Art Is Designed to Power 900 Homes

But will it ever be built?

October 12, 2018

endangered animals

Why North America’s Gangliest Bird Is Hitching a Ride With the Coast Guard

Whooping cranes are on the move, because of budget cuts.

October 09, 2018

How a Hurricane Prompted Guatemala to Prioritize Land Preservation

Hurricane Stan hit 13 years ago today.

October 03, 2018

Brooks, Kentucky

Valley of the Drums

This calm grassy field was once a Superfund site full of thousands of nasty chemicals.

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Climate Change Is Coming for America's National Parks

Goodbye, glaciers.

September 25, 2018

The Donkey Refuge Where Burros Become Coyote-Kicking Livestock Guardians

With the right training, feral donkeys go from zero to hero.

September 25, 2018

Striking Satellite Images of Cities on the Brink

A fresh perspective on the fragility and resilience of our world.

September 24, 2018