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Close-up of a shark swimming in clear blue water, showcasing its streamlined body.

Vanishing Deepwater Sharks, Hunted for Beauty Products, Win Hard-Fought Protections

Deepwater sharks have been targeted for years, pulled from the darkest parts of the ocean so their liver oil could become makeup and moisturizers. Their populations collapsed in silence, hidden...

Vanishing Deepwater Sharks, Hunted for Beauty Products, Win Hard-Fought Protections

Deepwater sharks have been targeted for years, pulled from the darkest parts of the ocean so their liver oil could become makeup and moisturizers. Their populations collapsed in silence, hidden...

EPA Unleashes New ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticides Despite Mounting Health Fears

EPA Unleashes New ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticides Despite Mounting Health Fears

The EPA just approved two new pesticides built with PFAS — the same “forever chemicals” now showing up in drinking water across the country.

EPA Unleashes New ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticides Despite Mounting Health Fears

The EPA just approved two new pesticides built with PFAS — the same “forever chemicals” now showing up in drinking water across the country.

Two caregivers examine an injured owl in a medical setting.

Rescue Team Races To Save Owl Pulled From Concrete Mixer

A young great-horned owl was found partially entombed in hardened concrete after falling into a mixer at a Utah construction site. Rescuers had never seen anything like it.

Rescue Team Races To Save Owl Pulled From Concrete Mixer

A young great-horned owl was found partially entombed in hardened concrete after falling into a mixer at a Utah construction site. Rescuers had never seen anything like it.

Narwhals swimming in the ocean, showcasing their distinctive tusks above the water.

Curious Narwhals Turn Surveillance Tools Into Targets Beneath the Ice

Narwhals are crashing into underwater listening devices again and again — hundreds of times — and scientists can’t yet explain why.

Curious Narwhals Turn Surveillance Tools Into Targets Beneath the Ice

Narwhals are crashing into underwater listening devices again and again — hundreds of times — and scientists can’t yet explain why.

Close-up of a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale swimming underwater, showcasing its distinctive spotted skin.

Scientists Capture First Living Glimpse of a Whale Once Known Only By Its Remains

For decades, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale existed only as bones washed ashore. Then, off Baja California, two living whales surfaced beside a research vessel and changed everything.

Scientists Capture First Living Glimpse of a Whale Once Known Only By Its Remains

For decades, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale existed only as bones washed ashore. Then, off Baja California, two living whales surfaced beside a research vessel and changed everything.

Large group of wading birds gathered in a coastal wetland, feeding among patches of tall marsh grass in shallow water.

Trump Administration's New Environmental Plan Opens the Floodgates for Mass Wetland Destruction

A sweeping proposal from the Trump Administration could erase federal protections from more than 80 percent of America’s wetlands—waters that filter drinking supplies, cushion communities from floods, and anchor entire...

Trump Administration's New Environmental Plan Opens the Floodgates for Mass Wetland Destruction

A sweeping proposal from the Trump Administration could erase federal protections from more than 80 percent of America’s wetlands—waters that filter drinking supplies, cushion communities from floods, and anchor entire...