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A blurry image of a line of people wading through floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Beaumont Place, Houston, Texas, 2017

1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalMolly Bergen
Here’s where the world stands in its fight against climate change. The end goal remains the same.
Jane Martin with the nebulizer and medications she uses at her home in Gloster, Mississippi, on September 20, 2025.

A Small Town in Mississippi Battles the International Biomass Industry

DispatchMississippi, United KingdomClara Chaisson
When the Drax wood pellet plant came to Gloster, reports of lung disease soon followed.
A woman prepares homemade spaghetti in a kitchen using bamboo tongs.

Is Bamboo Always Sustainable?

ExplainerUnited StatesShelia Hu
This versatile plant is popping up in more and more consumer products, but when it comes to eco-friendly shopping, the details matter.

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Orangutan Accounting 101

ExplainerInternationalJason Bittel
To save a species, scientists first need to know how many members it has left.

Thrice as Nice

Latest NewsUnited StatesClara Chaisson
President Obama just established three new national monuments.

Bringing the Noise

Latest NewsArcticAlisa Opar
How will Shell’s Arctic drilling affect marine mammals in the Chukchi Sea?

Innovation Has Not Run Dry!

Latest NewsCaliforniaAlisa Opar
As summer heat compounds four years of drought, Californians are coping with water shortages in some wacky and smart (and desperate) ways.

There Are Other Sharks in the Sea

ExplainerInternationalJason Bittel
Shark Week has been running for 28 years, and yet so many endangered sharks are still waiting for their close-up.

In Defense of Goldfish

Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel
Scientists say exotic species may help spread a gruesome amphibian virus, but pesticides should take some blame, too.

The Bearded Ladies

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Climate change may eliminate male bearded dragons.

Moveable Feast

Latest NewsUnited StatesAlisa Opar
When dead whales sink to the ocean floor, they give life to an array of bizarre creatures—including gutless, bone-devouring worms.

Plight of the Panther

DispatchFloridaKim Tingley
What happens when preserving a species makes it unpopular?

A Lamprey Love Triangle

ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier
This is a tale of blood-sucking invaders and sex traps.

Franken-Coral?

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
A new study suggests that creative interbreeding could save coral from extinction.

Roam, Roam on the Range

DispatchMontanaAlisa Opar
This Montana cattle ranch is trying to ensure its operations benefit wildlife—and yes, that means wolves, too.

Spreading Their Wings

DispatchChicagoSusan Cosier
Butterflies bred in a Chicago lab are fluttering their way back to Illinois swamps.

Scrubbed but Not Clean

Latest NewsUnited StatesRachel Cernansky
By air or water, pollution from power plants is a problem no matter which exit it takes.

Vanishing Vaquitas

Latest NewsUnited StatesClara Chaisson
A report finds that the world’s smallest cetacean has reached a dangerous new low.