Environmental Preservation
Scientists Discover the Reason Behind the Glass Frog's Translucent Skin
Glass-like skin helps break up the frog's outline and matches the frog's brightness to its leafy perch, making it harder for predators to spot
How Flowers Marvelously Evolved Resilience
Blossoms contort and twist back into optimal pollination position after getting bumped and battered
A Dead Cat's Brain Revives Discussion of 1960s Mercury Poisoning Disaster in Japan
The exact molecule behind the Minamata mercury disaster, caused by a chemical plant’s wastewater, remains a point of disagreement
This Homemade Flag From the '70s Signals the Beginning of the Environmental Movement
The green-and-white banner from an Illinois high school recalls the first Earth Day 50 years ago
When Michigan Students Put the Car on Trial
In a famous 1970 teach-in demonstration, prosecutors hammered away at the nation’s most powerful defendant
This 'Blood-Red' Snow Is Taking Over Parts of Antarctica
After a month of record-breaking temperatures, a kind of snow algae that turns ruby-hued in warm temperatures thrives
After Decades-Long Battle, Cheetahs Can Be Reintroduced in India
Officials will now move forward with an experimental—and controversial—plan
Australia's Droughts and Fires Present New Dangers to the Platypus
Threats to the semi-aquatic, egg-laying mammals demand action, experts say
Australian Firefighters Have Saved the Last Groves of a Rare, Prehistoric Tree
Just 200 Wollemi pines exist in a remote gorge, prompting a critical operation to protect them from bushfires
Scientists Design Bacteria-Based Living Concrete
Its designers hope that it could help with construction in deserts or even on Mars
Diego, the 100-Year-Old Tortoise Who Fathered 900 Babies, Returns to the Wild
The breeding program brought the Española tortoise population back from the brink
Can Scientists Protect North Atlantic Right Whales by Counting Them From Space?
A new collaboration between the New England Aquarium and the engineering firm Draper seeks to use satellite sonar and radar data to create a global watch
Endangered Mountain Gorilla Populations Are Growing
But the animals remain threatened with extinction
Scientists Don't Know Why Freshwater Mussels Are Dying Across North America
Mussel species are dying en mass in rivers across the Pacific Northwest, Midwest and South—likely from unidentified pathogens
Is the Amazon on a Road to Ruin?
Brazil’s plan to develop a lonesome track in the heart of the rainforest poses a threat the whole world may someday have to overcome
Humans May Be Solely to Blame for the Great Auk’s Extinction
A new study suggests that the flightless birds were not declining due to environmental changes when humans began to hunt them in large numbers
Yellowstone Bison Engineer an Endless Spring to Suit Their Grazing Needs
The cycle of grazing and fertilizing prolongs spring-like vegetation in grasslands and makes green-up more intense in following years
Noise Pollution Impacts a Wide Range of Species, Study Finds
From tiny insects to large marine mammals, animals are affected by noise in ways that might threaten their survival
South Atlantic Humpback Whales Have Rebounded From the Brink of Extinction
A new study estimates that the group’s population has grown from 440 individuals in 1958 to nearly 25,000 today
China Is Developing a New National Parks System, Inspired by Yellowstone and Yosemite
The first one to open will encompass a high-altitude, remote region of the Tibetan Plateau
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