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Road Salt Sex Change: How Deicing Messes with Tadpole Biology

Road salt can cause deformities, impact survival rates, and even switch female tadpoles into males.

What Leonard Cohen Can Teach Environmentalists About Fighting Back

When our political system seems irreparably broken, our activism is “how the light gets in.”

When a Balloon Maker Becomes an Environmental Artist

Doron Gazit travels the world raising awareness of climate change and other environmental destruction—with big, red “balloons.”

Can Noise Pollution Affect the Way Mongooses Sniff Out Their Enemies?

New research shows that sound can mess with other senses like sight and smell.

Before Flint, Before East Chicago, There Was Smeltertown

After a 1970s CDC study showed that the mostly Mexican-American population of this Texas town had dangerously high blood lead levels, its buildings were demolished and its residents were booted.

Why America’s Wild Turkeys Are Thankful for Cannons (Yes, Cannons)

This is one of our country’s greatest conservation success stories.