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A Mysterious Die-off of Dozens of Dancing Lemurs
Scientists are still trying to understand what paralyzed and eventually killed more than 30 critically endangered Verreaux’s sifakas in Madagascar this spring.
Sculptures Under the Sea—and on the Front Lines of Climate Change
Artist Jason deCaires Taylor’s majestic and eerie underwater sculpture parks give voice to our oceans in distress.
When Public Transportation Leads to Gentrification
Why transit-oriented development projects need to include affordable housing amid all those luxury condos and cafés.
Can We Protect Elephants by Eavesdropping on Their Underground Messages?
The shockwaves elephants send through the earth via vocalizations and panic running could one day alert local authorities when poachers are near.
Week 70: The Trump Administration Joins the Climate Fight . . .on the Side of the Polluters
Also, Zinke takes aim at wolf pups while Pruitt takes aim at reporters.
For Scott Pruitt’s EPA, Preventing Chemical-Plant Explosions Is an “Unnecessary Regulatory Burden”
The survivors of the 2013 disaster in West, Texas, would disagree.