Environment

On the trail of an extinct mustelid in Maine.

Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard on the inspiration for his latest novel and his turn to sci-fi.

Why permafrost in the tundra has begun to explode.

Which foe is looming largest for native plants along the Yangtze River?

Scientist Michael Faraday's 1855 letter about the "feculence" of the River Thames.

The blunt impact of ocean pollution, in one photograph.

Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake reveals why politics won't save us.

These plants feature some seriously funky adaptations.

Environmental leaders need to pursue a vision of the future, not just address mistakes of the past.

Without flowers, there would be no us.

Three Earth plants will soon make a new home on the lunar surface.

A conversation between Maya Gabeira and Lorenzo Bertelli.