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The planet is our beat.

And the Winner Is…

This gorgeous call to conservation beat out thousands of other images in the 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.

The Dumpster Diet

Canadian filmmakers turned a bounty of “trash” into six months of meals—and a mouth-watering documentary, "Just Eat It."

Will the Clean Power Plan Make Any Difference?

Uh, yeah.

Up A River?

The world’s deltas are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change.

Wildfires are taking the frost out of permafrost

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

Want to Collect Some Whale Snot?

Here’s your chance to contribute to an exciting—albeit slightly gross—new form of whale research.