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More for Less

Understand energy efficiency, and you’ll understand how the Clean Power Plan works.

Polly Want a DNA Test?

A new study looks at how genetic analysis can help fight the exotic pet trade.

Species Are on the Move and Northward Bound—Then What?

A weekly roundup of the best in science journalism, doodled.

Keep the Shade Balls Rolling!

Los Angeles found a cheap—albeit bizarre-looking—way to protect its water from the drought.

Falling Off the Map

Arctic sea ice has melted so much, National Geographic had to redraw its atlas.

Up (and Down) a Creek

Here’s what you need to know about the EPA spilling three million gallons of wastewater into a Colorado river.