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We Crush, Poison, and Destroy Insects at Our Own Peril

Insects are escape artists. Now they face a threat more pernicious than predation.

January 20, 2021

Humans Have Rights and So Should Nature

An “Earth lawyer” argues for cultural transformation in environmental law.

January 6, 2021

How Psilocybin Can Save the Environment

To preserve nature, we need to open our minds to it.

September 30, 2020

The Environmental Headache in Your Shampoo

Palm oil is an environmental scourge. Plant biology has a solution.

The Idea of Entropy Has Led Us Astray

Let’s stop hustling as if the world is running toward disorder.

July 1, 2020

Welcome Back, Animals!

It’s time to consider how we can have more animals in our daily lives in the city.

The Hidden Life of Viruses

The COVID-19 crisis has made the dark energy of evolution visible.

Guided by Plant Voices

Plants talk to this ecologist. They tell her how to do better science.

April 29, 2020

The Ecological Vision That Will Save Us

To avoid the next pandemic, we need a reckoning with our place in nature.

April 22, 2020

We Need to Talk About Peat

Earth’s great storehouses of carbon are looking ominous.

November 6, 2019

Never Underestimate the Intelligence of Trees

Plants communicate, nurture their seedlings, and get stressed.

October 30, 2019

The Dam Problem in the West

On a raft trip down the Green River, a writer faces her environmental preconceptions.

April 3, 2019