Planet Earth

Tiny Electric Pulses Turn Jellyfish into Relentless Ocean Explorers
Jellyfish with built-in circuit “hats” are now sprinting 4.5 × faster than nature ever intended—on just a few pennies of power. Each $20 biohybrid logs temperature, salinity, and pressure while...
Tiny Electric Pulses Turn Jellyfish into Relentless Ocean Explorers
Jellyfish with built-in circuit “hats” are now sprinting 4.5 × faster than nature ever intended—on just a few pennies of power. Each $20 biohybrid logs temperature, salinity, and pressure while...

Climate-Fueled Echo Chambers Threaten the Ocean’s Living Symphony
What does climate change sound like? Scientists listening to 15 years of underwater recordings heard freight-train engines thundering where humpbacks once sang, and even spotted the 2008 recession as a...
Climate-Fueled Echo Chambers Threaten the Ocean’s Living Symphony
What does climate change sound like? Scientists listening to 15 years of underwater recordings heard freight-train engines thundering where humpbacks once sang, and even spotted the 2008 recession as a...

Celebrate Coral Reef Awareness Week By Helping Us Clean Up Our Oceans
Though they make up less than 1% of our oceans, coral reefs are mighty habitats that host more than one million aquatic species at some point in their lives.
Celebrate Coral Reef Awareness Week By Helping Us Clean Up Our Oceans
Though they make up less than 1% of our oceans, coral reefs are mighty habitats that host more than one million aquatic species at some point in their lives.

More Than Selfies in Your Pocket—Your Cell Phone’s Secret Life as a Wildlife Lifeline
You never hike alone—your phone follows every step, tagging each photo and pinging unseen towers. But what if those invisible breadcrumbs were the key to saving elk herds, shielding mountain...
More Than Selfies in Your Pocket—Your Cell Phone’s Secret Life as a Wildlife Lifeline
You never hike alone—your phone follows every step, tagging each photo and pinging unseen towers. But what if those invisible breadcrumbs were the key to saving elk herds, shielding mountain...

Doc Antle Falls From Safari King to Federal Prisoner
Cheetah kittens sold in secret. Lion cubs traded like souvenirs. Cash funneled through “conservation” nonprofits. Now the showman who strutted through Tiger King on an elephant is heading to a...
Doc Antle Falls From Safari King to Federal Prisoner
Cheetah kittens sold in secret. Lion cubs traded like souvenirs. Cash funneled through “conservation” nonprofits. Now the showman who strutted through Tiger King on an elephant is heading to a...

Coastal Wildlife Rebounds as States Tax Grocery Bags—But Are We Missing The Real Cost?
A single nickel at the checkout is rewriting the fate of our beaches. New research shows plastic bag litter plummets up to 47 percent where shoppers must pay—yet outright bans...
Coastal Wildlife Rebounds as States Tax Grocery Bags—But Are We Missing The Real Cost?
A single nickel at the checkout is rewriting the fate of our beaches. New research shows plastic bag litter plummets up to 47 percent where shoppers must pay—yet outright bans...