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Biodiversity Loss Is the Greatest Menace on Earth

Craig Foster on his 3 greatest revelations while writing Amphibious Soul.

May 20, 2024

A Model Toadlet

A tiny, charismatic frog in Brazil is revealing secrets of a killer fungus.

May 17, 2024

An A to Z of Hungry Killer Whales

This unique community of orcas is starving to death.

May 16, 2024

Falling in Love with a Fly

My Octopus Teacher’s Craig Foster considers the uncharismatic.

May 16, 2024

A Cosmic Glitch in Gravity

Is gravity weaker over distances of billions of light-years?

May 15, 2024

Crying Wolf in an Age of Alarms

The human costs of faulty disaster warnings.

May 15, 2024

We Came from Lowly Mud 

How Earth’s habitable continents arose—and survived.

May 14, 2024

The Case for Scientific Transculturalism

Life will stand a better chance against climate change if we mix big- and small-picture thinking.

May 14, 2024

How a Hurricane Brought Monkeys Together

This island of macaques rebuilt their social networks after calamity.

May 13, 2024

The Astonishing Ways Animals Use Social Networks

Lee Alan Dugatkin on his 3 greatest revelations while writing The Well-Connected Animal.

May 13, 2024

Why AI Can Never Make Humans Obsolete

A conversation with Issue 55 cover artist Angie Wang.

May 13, 2024

A Buffer Zone for Trees

How frosty pockets in valleys could help protect some trees against climate change.

May 10, 2024