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The planet is our beat.

An IMAX Trip to the International Space Station Makes One Thing Clear About Our Planet

It’s the only one we’ve got.

Suburban Sprawl Is Not Pro-Family

The middle class may be getting squeezed out of our cities, but the author of a new book dangerously mistakes the symptom for the cure.

In This Forest, a Clean Bill of Health Comes with Blue Polka-Dot Salamanders

To keep an invasive plant from poisoning amphibians, Illinois conservationists are cutting and burning the dreaded buckthorn.

Who’s Going to Save the Tapeworms?

When an endangered species goes over the brink, so, too, does its parasite.

How Much Can the Worst Coral Bleaching Event on Record Be Blamed on Climate?

Scientists say global warming made the scorching temperatures on the Great Barrier Reef 175 times more likely.

War and Poverty Are Eating Away at Grauer’s Gorillas

To save these rare great apes in the Congo, you must first save the people.