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These Sculptures Help Heal the Planet

Mary O’Brien and Daniel McCormick’s landscape interventions are built within the ecosystems they seek to rehabilitate.

Sea Turtles Need High-Tech Medical Treatments—STAT!

Scientists are using wound-healing lasers and medical-grade honeycomb to give sea turtle populations a fighting chance.

Who Is Andrew Wheeler? (And Why You Should Be Afraid of Him)

If Scott Pruitt gets booted from his EPA post, his new deputy, a former coal-industry lobbyist, could take his place.

Week 64: Scott Pruitt, (Almost) Everybody Is On to You

Trumps stands behind his man as the EPA chief lies about raises, breaks ethics rules, and steals taxpayers’ money.

Astrophysicists Take a Break From Finding Galaxies to Look for Rare Rabbits

The same technology used to detect heat in the cosmos may help endangered populations lift off.

A Montana Artist Makes Objects of Beauty Inspired by Natural Disasters

From his studio in Bozeman, Richard Parrish maps the impact of climate change in the American West using molten glass.