Podcast
The world's strongest insect, why showering could pollute, tests that fail the grade and sampling the early solar system.
Rare Earth Roundup
Rare earth elements make many modern technologies possible, but extracting them results in large amounts of toxic waste.
Big Cold Animals
A new explanation for why animals grow larger at higher latitudes.
Environmental Health Roundup
Despite looking green and attractive, many parks may actually create more pollution than they prevent.
Mountaintop Removal Mining
Mountaintop removal mining has long-term consequences for the environment and human health.
Podcast
Mountaintop removal mining's devastating effects on the environment, ancient Martian lakes, an herbal disappointment, fish that punish cheaters, and reading and writing in the brain.
Beyond Copenhagen
Scientists met in Washington, D.C. recently to discuss how to deal with the effects climate change is already having on critical ecosystems.
Antarctic Treaty
Scientists from all over the world recently gathered in Washington, DC to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty.
Bat Syndrome
Researchers unveil a bold plan to save endangered bats from a deadly fungus.
Disaster Sensing
Satellite imagery can sense chemical changes in the soil, revealing pollution, potential landslides, and more.
Acid Ocean Roundup
Shellfish are at risk of losing their shells due to climate change.
Green Rocket Propellant
A new rocket fuel, made of aluminum and ice, could have environmental benefits.
Podcast
Torture gets a failing grade from neuroscience, a new benthic rover explores the ocean floor, how surrealism makes you smarter, and putting full moon folklore to the test.
Early Climate Change
Humans may have affected the Earth's climate thousands of years ago.
Whale Sharks
Marine scientists use digital photographs to identify and help conserve the world's largest sharks.
Podcast
CENTRAL AMERICAN CONSERVATION: Saving the Caribbean coral reef, conserving the world's largest sharks, and ancient Mayan forest conservation.
Mayan Forestry
The early Maya culture practiced forest conservation – and may have paid a heavy price when they stopped.
Regrowing Coral
Researchers and volunteers are regrowing imperiled coral reefs by hand.
Chicken Feather Roundup
Chicken feathers could provide an efficient new way to store hydrogen fuel.