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Angry Birds

The GOP attacks a venerable bird protection law in the name of wind energy.

Saving Water Is Sexy

San Francisco has some, um, suggestive suggestions for dealing with the drought.

Beak Peek!

Live from Maine’s Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge, it’s Puffin Cam!

How Many Ways Can Ice Melt?

A new study shows how little we know about ice ages, warm periods, and what happens in between.

When cow pee particles take to the wind, lakes turn green

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

Sawfish Virgin Births—Nature’s Hail Mary

Scientists have discovered that smalltooth sawfish can reproduce without sex. But can parthenogenesis save the species?