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Pigeons Experimenting with Cosplay—and Other Signs the End Is Near

Artist Laurel Roth Hope stitches costumes to disguise ubiquitous birds as extinct species.

Irma? Harvey?—We Need to Talk About Infrastructure. Now.

But if we don’t discuss flood protection, too, it’s meaningless.

Did Hurricane Harvey Signal the Last Dance for Attwater’s Prairie Chickens?

When you’re teetering on the brink of extinction, it takes only one flood to wash your species off the map.

Week 33: The EPA Has No Time for Texas

Trump stalls on Texas smog pollution and continues to stock his administration with the unqualified.

Did Climate Change “Cause” Harvey?

Scientists say no—but it did make the storm much, much worse.

When a Wildfire Raged Outside L.A., These Biologists Went on a Rescue Mission—for a Fish

After surviving last summer’s Sand Fire, endangered sticklebacks are getting cozy in their new forest.