Latest Environment Stories
The ingredients for a tastier, stronger tea could be in the soil
Captive big cats can tell voices apart
Scientists swear their lab-grown ‘beef rice’ tastes ‘pleasant’
Iron Age humans found mysteriously buried with dogs and horses
Scientists tracked the love songs of Skywalker gibbons to find them
A new AI-powered satellite will create Google Maps for methane pollution
Primates have been teasing each other for 13 million years
Huge underwater ‘kite’ turbine powered 1,000 homes in the Faroe Islands
Close to half of migratory species are in serious decline: UN report
A sea creature extinct for half a billion years inspired a new soft robot
Aging reactor sets new fusion energy record in last hurrah
Three new ancient shark species discovered in Alabama and Kentucky
Air pollution messes with moths’ ability to smell flowers
Why blueberries aren’t technically blue
Cyborg locusts may one day help search-and-rescue missions
Anchovy sex is a force of nature
NASA’s PACE satellite takes off to monitor phytoplankton—from space
See wild horses and gray seals mingle on Sable Island
Aluminum’s notorious, toxic red mud could one day help make ‘green steel’
New jellyfish discovered near Japan may contain multitudes of venom
Stronger hurricanes may call for a ‘Category 6’
New pterosaur species discovered in Scotland
Moths fight against echolocating bats with sounds of their own
Getting rid of bed bugs is trickier than ever
Possibility of wildlife-to-human crossover heightens concern about chronic wasting disease
Can clownfish count?
‘Jaws’ portrayed sharks as monsters 50 years ago, but it also inspired a generation of shark scientists
Watch ‘tiny tornadoes’ spread plant pathogens
Why artificial light—and evolution—trap moths
Antarctic penguins are now dying from the H5N1 strain of bird flu
Extinct ape’s inner ear holds clues to how humans learned to walk upright
This could be the first newborn great white shark ever captured on camera
Watch this cool, useless biohybrid robot take a stroll
Sex is more important than sleep for these marsupials
Invasive ants leave lions scrambling for prey on the savannah in an ecological chain reaction
Poop stains reveal four previously unknown Emperor penguin colonies
How bug ‘wranglers’ help document the lives of flies, dung beetles, and more
How animals see the world, according to a new camera system
Sea otters can help conserve vital kelp forests
We may know what makes tardigrades so darn tough
The ‘meg’ may have been longer and less chonky than previously thought
The burgeoning science of search and rescue
How YouTube’s climate deniers turned into climate doomers
Why small, scary, and ‘non-charismatic’ lost species are harder to rediscover
Not all underwater reefs are made of coral
World’s largest known deep-sea coral reef is bigger than Vermont
A new evolutionary theory could explain the mystery of shrinking animals
These micro-robots were inspired by mini-bugs and water striders
Extreme cold still happens in a warming world
Seal pup die-off from avian flu in Argentina looks ‘apocalyptic’
The first-ever space solar power tests are finished after a year in orbit
Four new octopus species discovered in the deep-sea vents off Costa Rica
John Deere and Starlink partner to provide satellite internet for rural farmers
The cost of freeing drinking water from ‘forever chemicals’
These Australian frogs get absolutely covered in seeds
Check out some of the past year’s best close-up photography
In an era of climate change, Alaska’s predators fall prey to politics
The best small dehumidifiers for 2024
How hummingbirds switch gears at breakneck speeds
Tahoe avalanche: What causes seemingly safe snow slopes to collapse?
These extinct, nearly 10-foot-tall apes could not adapt to shifting seasons
Why fruit bats can eat tons of sugar without getting diabetes
This tiny sea creature builds a ‘snot palace’ to capture food
The bizarre sex lives of insects