Roman soldiers, booze, and mail trucks shaped the fruitcake’s rich history By Jeffrey Miller/The Conversation
We spend most of the year eating really, really old apples. Why do they taste so good? By Sara Chodosh
Animals Critically endangered right whales are losing the battle against fishing boats By Darren Incorvaia/Undark
Animals These newly discovered bioluminescent sea worms are named after Japanese folklore By Laura Baisas
Animals A 15-million-year-old beaver was just named after an iconic convenience store By Laura Baisas
Animals How conserving wild beasts like wolves and otters could help with carbon capture By Gabriela Aoun Angueira/Grist
Climate Change How conserving wild beasts like wolves and otters could help with carbon capture By Gabriela Aoun Angueira/Grist
Climate Change Our bottled water habit stands in the way of universal clean drinking water By Carla Delgado
Climate Change The US inches closer to protecting 30 percent of all its lands and oceans By Laura Baisas
Climate Change ‘Humanity on thin ice’ says UN, but there is still time to act on climate change By Laura Baisas
Climate Change We’re shipping twice as much plastic to developing nations than accounted for By Joseph Winters / Grist
Conservation How conserving wild beasts like wolves and otters could help with carbon capture By Gabriela Aoun Angueira/Grist
Conservation Two newly discovered Andes Mountain plant species have an appetite for insects By Laura Baisas
Conservation Bears can run at surprisingly fast speeds—here’s how they vary by species By Bill Heavey/Field & Stream
Conservation The US inches closer to protecting 30 percent of all its lands and oceans By Laura Baisas
Energy Biden approved an oil drilling project in Alaska—and it could be a ‘climate disaster’ By Jake Bittle/Grist
Energy Sewage plants emit more methane than we thought, and that’s a problem By Siri Chilukuri / Grist
Energy Butterfly-inspired ‘plasmonic paint’ could be brilliant for energy-efficient buildings By Andrew Paul
Sustainability Levi’s claimed using AI models will boost company’s sustainability and diversity By Andrew Paul
Sustainability Scientists made a woolly mammoth meatball, but don’t grab your fork yet By Andrew Paul
Sustainability Our bottled water habit stands in the way of universal clean drinking water By Carla Delgado
Sustainability The US inches closer to protecting 30 percent of all its lands and oceans By Laura Baisas
Sustainability We’re shipping twice as much plastic to developing nations than accounted for By Joseph Winters / Grist
The US government wants to round up the West’s feral cattle By Jonathan Thompson / High Country News / Mar 9, 2023
Scientists test different gear for protecting clams from ‘crunching’ rays By Laura Baisas / Mar 8, 2023
Scientists think this tiny greenhouse could be a game changer for agrivoltaics By Andrew Paul / Mar 6, 2023
Details of life in Bronze Age Mycenae could lie at the bottom of a well By Laura Baisas / Mar 2, 2023
Oyster farms are all the rage—until they block your ocean views By Magdalena Puniewska / Hakai Magazine / Feb 4, 2023