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Protecting natural resources—from sea to sky—is about much more than planting a few trees.

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an anaconda coiled sitting on straw
Environment

Q&A: How anacondas, chickens, and locals may be able to coexist in the Amazon

By Frontiers

a leopad seal with its mouth wide open
Environment

15 riveting images from the 2025 UN World Oceans Day Photo Competition

By Popular Science Team

Gonatus Antarcticus squid seen underwater
Environment

Watch the mesmerizing first-ever footage of a rare Antarctic squid

By Andrew Paul

a blue fish with a pointy face in a california kelp forest
Environment

Q&A with the team behind ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’

By Laura Baisas

Dead coral sit on the ocean bed in the Straits of Florida near Key Largo, Florida, on September 23, 2021. The coral is very gray and white
Environment

Probiotics can help heal ravaged coral reefs

By Laura Baisas

a small frog on a road, with a person's bright sneakers in the background
Environment

Wildlife underpass reduces squished amphibians by 80%

By Laura Baisas

a large American bullfrog in water with vegetation
Environment

This invasive frog can fit baby turtles inside its mouth

By Margherita Bassi

Adélie penguins walking along the Antarctic coastline.
Environment

How pungent poop could help Antarctica’s penguins

By Laura Baisas

Man holding woolly rat out for camera
Environment

Elusive woolly rat photographed for the first time

By Andrew Paul

a humpback whale calf swims in front of its mother
Environment

Humpback whales can give birth while migrating thousands of miles

By Laura Baisas

a bird sits in several paper towels forming a circular donut-shaped nest
Environment

Why a ‘donut’ can help injured birds

By Margherita Bassi

four puffins with white and black plumage and bright orange bills stand on a rock overlooking the north sea
Environment

Puffin-counting season begins with two new livestreams

By Laura Baisas

a tiger peers through a rib cage of dead animal
Environment

17 unforgettable images from the Environmental Photography Awards

By Popular Science Team

Open dishwasher with clean dishes in the white kitchen
Environment

The science of why you should use your dishwasher

By Justin Pot

Close up of deep sea squid
Environment

Humans have only seen 0.001 percent of the ocean floor

By Andrew Paul

Close up of aoudad ram
Environment

Texas aims to legalize hunting invasive sheep from helicopters

By Andrew Paul

Urban farming sustainability concept, captured in Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Environment

Surviving global catastrophe is a matter of community, not commerce

By Andrew Paul

a papier mache bird sits in a field
Environment

Grand Teton deploys papier-mâché birds

By Popular Science Team

A Yangtze finless porpoise hunting in China’s Poyang Lake. Fish are jumping all around the porpoise as it leaps out of the water.
Environment

Poems spanning 1,400 years tell the tale of a revered porpoise

By Laura Baisas

a brown building against mountain backdrop
Environment

Visit one of the world’s most prolific research stations in Colorado mountains

By Alisha McDarris