Environment

The administration’s cuts to climate research are destroying decades of science—and life-saving forecasts

The Dalai Lama, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Vatican weigh in

Plastic pollution is costing the world $1.5 trillion a year in health-related losses

Cemeteries are a gravely overlooked habitat for wild orchids in Europe

Some of us might be innate biodiversity detectors

A dying glacier harbors mysterious species and ecosystems yet to be understood

Researchers may have elucidated the long-mysterious chain of events that gives us bolts from the heavens

Weather is what humans experience over our short lives. Climate is a matter for the gods.

Coral decimating crown-of-thorns starfish are increasingly descending on reefs in the Pacific—so divers are fighting back

The story of an Ecuadorean forest that fought annihilation and won

Even small increases in heat can make teamwork harder—especially when groups are mixed.

To explore the deep sea is to understand the human story and the nature of knowledge