Environment

Detailed close-up of a tortoise’s face and textured front leg resting on grass, bits of vegetation on its mouth.

Lost Galápagos Giants Reclaim Their Island and Revive a Fragile Sea

Conservationists released 158 young tortoises bred from rediscovered genetic lineages once thought lost forever. These slow-moving giants do more than graze. They spread seeds, reshape landscapes, and help restore ecosystems...

Lost Galápagos Giants Reclaim Their Island and Revive a Fragile Sea

Conservationists released 158 young tortoises bred from rediscovered genetic lineages once thought lost forever. These slow-moving giants do more than graze. They spread seeds, reshape landscapes, and help restore ecosystems...

Split image showing a close-up of an octopus on the left and a sea turtle swimming over plastic waste on the right.

How Plastic Pollution Hijacks Octopus Instincts and Scrambles Ocean Survival

Plastic waste in the ocean is everywhere. Hard plastics, fishing gear, bags, and microplastics float in gyres and wash along coasts. Sea life encounters them constantly. This pollution doesn’t just...

How Plastic Pollution Hijacks Octopus Instincts and Scrambles Ocean Survival

Plastic waste in the ocean is everywhere. Hard plastics, fishing gear, bags, and microplastics float in gyres and wash along coasts. Sea life encounters them constantly. This pollution doesn’t just...

Man wearing a red cap and backpack speaking on camera in a mangrove forest.

Miami Man Pulls 35,000 Pounds of Trash From Choking Mangroves

Before dawn, he bikes miles to wade into mosquito-filled mud and haul out garbage most of us never see.

Miami Man Pulls 35,000 Pounds of Trash From Choking Mangroves

Before dawn, he bikes miles to wade into mosquito-filled mud and haul out garbage most of us never see.

Silhouetted industrial refinery structures and smokestacks release dark smoke against a vivid orange sunset sky.

White House Dismantles Core Climate Safeguards Nationwide

In a sweeping decision, the Trump administration rescinded the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare.

White House Dismantles Core Climate Safeguards Nationwide

In a sweeping decision, the Trump administration rescinded the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare.

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Croatia Faces an Industrial Poultry Takeover With Animals Paying the Price

Hundreds of millions of chickens. Massive slaughterhouses. Small communities surrounded by waste, water loss, and silence.

Croatia Faces an Industrial Poultry Takeover With Animals Paying the Price

Hundreds of millions of chickens. Massive slaughterhouses. Small communities surrounded by waste, water loss, and silence.

Clean Clothes Are Quietly Polluting Marine Life Worldwide, But There Are Many Solutions

Clean Clothes Are Quietly Polluting Marine Life Worldwide, But There Are Many Solutions

You rinse out sweat and stains. Your washing machine sends something else down the drain.

Clean Clothes Are Quietly Polluting Marine Life Worldwide, But There Are Many Solutions

You rinse out sweat and stains. Your washing machine sends something else down the drain.