Latest Environment Stories
Wildlife care staff wear fox masks to care for orphaned kit
Montana traffickers illegally cloned Frankensheep hybrids for sport hunting
When steering balls of poop, dung beetles use the stars to navigate
Sorry, Darwin: Most male mammals aren’t bigger than females
Huge 60-foot-tall buoy uses ocean waves to create clean energy
Cicadas pee in jet streams like bigger animals
Hat-wearing cyborg jellyfish could one day explore the ocean depths
New squid alert! 100+ species discovered off the coast of New Zealand
How robber flies spear their prey with long sucking mouthparts
How social media helps wildlife trafficking thrive in plain sight
These extinct termites have been stuck in a mating position for 38 million years
Sandy ‘Reef Stars’ help bring life back to coral reefs hurt by dynamite fishing
These legless, egg-laying amphibians secrete ‘milk’ from their butts
World’s oldest known fossilized forest discovered in England
Can EVs drive in National Radio Quiet Zone?
How lightning on exoplanets could make it harder to find alien life
The best dog blankets to keep your pooch comfortable in 2024
Newly discovered deep-sea worm moves like a ‘living magic carpet’
The science of Dune’s magnificent, merciless sandworms
Take a look inside 13,000 animals–no scalpel required
Washers and dryers are about to get a whole lot more efficient
Meet the new king of the ‘living fossils’
What will it take to make truly compostable plastic?
Orca observed hunting and killing a great white shark by itself for the first time
The best air purifiers for smoke in 2024, tested and reviewed
Why scientists are tracking whale tails with AI
Watch: Three bald eagles could hatch any day now
How a single honey bee colony led to a species invasion
The butterfly redemption: Inside the quest to save a struggling species
Humans have been eating hazelnuts for at least 6,000 years
This tiny fish is louder than an airplane taking off
Plastic makers lied about recycling for decades. What do we do next?
Why flamingo milk is pink
Why is it so warm right now?
Jellyfish-inspired glowing dye can glom onto fingerprints at crime scenes
NASA and Google Earth Engine team up with researchers to help save tigers
See the strange new species discovered near Chile—with the help of a deep-diving sea robot
Sea cucumbers are the ‘scum suckers’ corals desperately need
Dive into 11 remarkable images from the 2024 Underwater Photographer of the Year competition
Gene-edited pigs immune to deadly virus could arrive on farms by next year
Why are there so many snakes?
A new algorithm could help detect landslides in minutes
You might have more in common with the sea lamprey than you realize
‘Lost Bird’ not seen in 20 years photographed for the first time
The mystery of cats and their love of imaginary boxes
We finally know how baleen whales make noise
How ski resorts are adapting to climate change
Giant Antarctic sea spiders’ reproductive mystery solved after 140 years of confusion
Bug-munching plant turns insect nurseries into death traps
Fire is driving animals’ evolution
This pet-friendly air purifier from Shark is 38% off at Amazon right now
Famous 280-million-year-old fossil is partially fake
In Brazil, the seahorse black market is bustling
When planting trees is bad for the planet
The grain moths have finally reached Antarctica
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