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Environment

A brown rat peeks out from the grass.

What Makes an Animal a Pest? AO Wants to Know.

Animal-human conflict expert Bethany Brookshire explains why we put cats before rats.

Andrew Coletti January 24, 2025

Divers measure and document details of the world's largest coral, which could cover two basketball courts.

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The World's Largest Coral, a Single Organism, Can Be Seen From Space

Recently discovered in the Solomon Islands, the mega coral is likely centuries old.

Benji Jones November 18, 2024

Most of the habitat of Ukraine's endangered sandy blind mole-rat (<em>Spalax arenarius</em>) is on the front lines of the war, and the animal has become a symbol of environmental justice for the war-ravaged country.

Amid War in Ukraine, Nature Survives in Unexpected Ways

The war has brought suffering and devastation—and "war-wilding," a surprising ray of hope.

Fred Pearce November 11, 2024

Springfield, Missouri

Call NOW! Art Installation

A phone booth that combines public art and climate change awareness.

Germany’s North and Baltic Seas are littered with munitions from World War I and World War II.

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Bombs Litter the Baltic Sea—Now Robots Are on Cleanup Duty

In the wake of war, the Baltic was used as a munitions dumping ground. Now, an ambitious cleanup is underway.

Paul Hockenos September 23, 2024

The Kutuk River in Alaska's Gates of the Arctic National Park is one of 75 orange-stained rivers found in the region.

Dozens of Alaska Rivers are Turning an Eerie Orange

The cause is just as concerning as the color.

Charis McGowan June 28, 2024

Alluvial Decoder at Crabtree Creek

Raleigh, North Carolina

Alluvial Decoder at Crabtree Creek

A curious art piece along a lovely biking trail marks several historic floods via a series of colorful poles that represent floodwater heights.

The Crooked House pub in Staffordshire, photographed in April 2023. A brick-built public house. The building was severely affected by subsidence.

Wonder Is Everywhere: Return of the Crooked House, World's Oldest Bread, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

April White March 15, 2024

Podcast: Hello From the Otter Side

How a “Darth Vader” disguise helps rescue baby pups.

Sponsored by Monterey Bay Aquarium

Lahontan Dam and the Newlands Project

The first project by the Bureau of Reclamation illustrates both the upsides and downsides of reclamation.

Lassen Peak dusted from a fall snow storm and framed by trees affected by the 2021 Dixie Fire.

Lassen Volcanic National Park Bounces Back After California's Largest Single Fire

In 2021, the Dixie Fire burned much of the park. Now, Lassen's recovery offers surprising lessons on resilience.

Dani Anguiano January 8, 2024

Abu Haider, a famed Marsh Arab guide, and his wife, Um Haider, in the Central Marshes of Iraq.

In Iraq, the Marsh Arabs of Hawizeh Persevere in a Changing Landscape

Linked to the biblical Garden of Eden, the Mesopotamian marshes—and their people—have endured decades of environmental destruction.

Leon McCarron November 8, 2023

Pantperthog, Wales

CAT Cliff Railway

This water-powered cliffside railway is one of the steepest funiculars in the world.

Wisconsin's Wolf River, which flows through the Menominee Indian Reservation, where Indigenous traditions guide sustainable forestry.

In Wisconsin, the Menominee Tribe's Sustainable Forestry Is Visible From Space

The Menominee Tribe's tradition of doing "what's best for the forest" has become a global model for sustainability.

Fred Pearce September 11, 2023

The Chernobyl Disaster Created an Unexpected Predator Paradise

In a corner of Belarus, wolves and lynx thrive as a new and surprising ecosystem evolves in the wake of disaster.

Wojciech Mikołuszko August 30, 2023

Victor troll sculpture

Cripple Creek, Colorado

Victor Troll

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.

Wild bluebells, native to the area, are thriving once more on Eoghan Daltun's land on Ireland's Beara Peninsula.

Rewilding His Corner of Ireland's Beara Peninsula Is One Man's Labor of Love

Eoghan Daltun has spent 14 years creating a showcase of native biodiversity.

Rory Carroll August 21, 2023

The Cyberia Cafe in London, 1995. Internet cafes are now vanishingly rare.

Wonder Is Everywhere: The Last Internet Cafes, a Totem Pole Mystery, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

April White August 18, 2023