Cephalopods have become more and more abundant over the past 60 years, scientists say. But what does that mean for the rest of the ocean?

As the legal cases against BP draw to a close, the risks of offshore oil drilling — and public opposition to it — grow. By Antonia Juhasz. (Apr. 20)

Centuries ago, folklore told of baby dragons living deep underground. Now one of them has laid eggs. By Meehan Crist.

What really happens on the Animal Internet. By Alexander Pschera. [Excerpt]

Animals are struggling to cope with the US-Mexico border wall. By Krista Schlyer.

A Conversation With George Church.

Corvids are a wonderful genre of beast… By Sarah Gilman.

On a chilly afternoon last October, at a University of Northern Arizona conference, Thomas Whitham, a plant geneticist, proposed a plan to save hundreds of species from extinction. For the last several years, Whitham said, he and his colleagues had used a series of experimental gardens to study how plants are being affected by warming temperatures—in near real-time—and how their populations might evolve due to climate change… By Lois Parshley.

He ate earthworms as a badger, tore open binbags as an urban fox, and was hunted by a bloodhound as a deer. By Anoosh Chakelian.

Orcas in the Pacific Northwest are struggling to boost their numbers. Could dams have something to do with it? By Chelsey B. Coombs.

The government has commissioned the killing of well over 1,000 wolves in the past decade after destroying the land of its prey—the caribou. By James Wilt.

In his latest book, Pulitzer Prize–winning scientist Edward O. Wilson argues for a bold step in conservation. By Dean Kuipers.

One hundred and fifty feet above the ground in the Amazonian rainforest, a vast ocean of green spreads out in every direction...

Latest research shows that flowers’ iridescent petals, which may look plain to human eyes, are perfectly tailored to a bee’s-eye-view.

Researchers suspect motives for a planned increase in felling are commercial, but forest administration cites pest control. By Quirin Schiermeier.

“Why settle for the lesser evil?” By John Michael Greer.

The Rapa Nui people, who have lived on Easter Island since before Europeans arrived, accomplished incredible feats of engineering. But some centuries ago, their numbers dwindled. What kickstarted the collapse of this civilization? By Eva Botkin-Kowacki.

A new study of humans on Sanak Island, Alaska and their historical relationships with local species suggests that despite being super-generalist predators, the food gathering behaviours of the local Aleut people were stabilizing for the ecosystem.

Honeybees have been dying in record numbers, threatening the continued production of nutritious foods such as apples, nuts, blueberries, broccoli, and onions. Without bees to pollinate these crops, the environmental ecosystem—and our health—stands in the balance. Have we reached the tipping point, where the plant-pollinator system is due to collapse?

The delivery of fresh water to long-parched areas of Everglades National Park is considered a vital restoration. It's one of the world's largest freshwater wetlands — and the source of South Florida's drinking water supply.