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The planet is our beat.

You Don't Know Jack(fruit)

Prolific and nutritious, this funny-looking fruit could help feed the world.

Sweatshops, Soon Even Sweatier

Over the next three decades, heat stress will decrease labor productivity in Southeast Asia.

Feeding Frenzy

Thousands of spawning fish give shark scientists an eye-catching research opportunity.

Life After KXL

It's the end of the line for the Keystone pipeline (probably), but not for battles over tar sands and climate.

Man Bites Snake, News at 11

Media reports about a remote island brimming with vipers raise the question: Why are we so quick to hate on snakes?

Scavenging for Survival

Vultures are misunderstood—and it's driving them to extinction.