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Rapid Warming (Not Hunters) Killed the Woolly Mammoth

More evidence that nature is bigger than us.

Less Mercury Pollution, Less Mercury in Bluefish. Hmm…

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

A Lion Industry

“Blood Lions” tells the awful truth about South Africa’s predator breeders.

Don't Drink Porpoise Milk

It still contains PCBs.

Earth Selfie

The famous 1972 “Blue Marble” photo just got a high-resolution upgrade.

Remember the Kalamazoo

Five years ago, a pipeline spilled a million gallons of tar sands crude into a Michigan river—and we’re still cleaning it up.