Dec 12 Invasive animals pose ‘deep and immediate threat’ to U.S. national parks, study finds By Elisheva Mittelman, Yale Environment 360 More than half of all U.S. National Parks are overrun with invasive animal species, such as rats, pythons and feral hogs, according to a new study. Continue reading
Nov 25 What do trees mean to you? Here are 12 ways trees shaped readers’ lives By Elizabeth Flock “In my day-to-day life, I often take the trees around me for granted."… Continue reading
Nov 20 How ‘America’s perfect tree’ was nearly wiped out By Elizabeth Flock The American chestnut tree, once the dominant tree throughout much of the Eastern United States, bore richly nutritious and sweet-tasting nuts before it was almost entirely wiped out. Continue reading
Sep 19 3 billion fewer wild birds soar the skies than in 1970, study finds By Seth Borenstein, Christina Larson, Associated Press North America's skies are lonelier and quieter. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch 8:02 Why sculptor Andy Goldsworthy is tearing down walls — and then rebuilding them By Jeffrey Brown, Lorna Baldwin British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy has long been known for his unconventional approach to art. In an ongoing project at Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Goldsworthy has created a “walking wall,” assembling and then disassembling the same limestone rocks, moving… Continue watching
Aug 26 9 numbers you need to know to understand the Amazon fires By Vicky Stein Here’s a look at some of the numbers that define the fires burning in the Amazon. Continue reading
Aug 26 No, the Amazon fires won’t deplete the Earth’s oxygen supply. Here’s why. By Scott Denning, The Conversation There are many reasons to be appalled by this year’s Amazon fires, but depleting Earth’s oxygen supply is not one of them. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 2:58 Walton Ford’s brief but spectacular take on ‘the imagined animal’ Walton Ford is a painter whose work examines the relationship between humans and animals in the wild. These creatures, he believes, “would rather be left alone.” As a child, Walton was always inspired by the natural world and would bring… Continue watching
Aug 08 Forget coral bleaching. Warming oceans are killing reefs and dissolving their skeletons By Berly McCoy Hotter oceans are killing corals, not just bleaching them. Then their reef corpses dissolve. Continue reading
Aug 02 Greenland lost 11 billion tons of ice in one day. How does that melt compare to the past? By Nerilie Abram, The Conversation Time will tell if this is a record summer for Greenland ice melt, but the pattern over the past 20 years is clear. Continue reading