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Environment

An oil spill experiment from summer 2018.

Meet the Scientists Who Pollute Lakes on Purpose

For half a century, researchers have been spilling chemicals in the waters of northwestern Ontario.

Chloe Williams July 30, 2019

Tembagapura, Indonesia

Grasberg Mine

This mile-wide crater high in the mountains of Indonesia is the largest gold mine in the world.

The whimsical cypress in better days.

The Cypress That May Have Inspired Dr. Seuss's 'The Lorax' Has Toppled Down

Now there's nothing left of its whimsical crown.

Evan Nicole Brown June 17, 2019

This thread could have been a sandwich.

Could Your Clothes Be Made Out of Leftover Bread One Day?

Maybe, thanks to the magic of fungus.

Evan Nicole Brown June 11, 2019

Ensamble Studio (Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa), the Domo, 2016. Pictured: artist Jenny Chen.

Fishtail, Montana

Tippet Rise Art Center

A working ranch doubles as a sustainable hub for world-renowned classical music and large-scale sculptures.

Many of <em>Eat the Problem</em>'s recipes are monochromatic, such as this dark take on river trout.

The Glamorous Australian Guide to Eating Invasive Species

An edgy new cookbook has recipes for camel, cane toad, and feral cat.

Anne Ewbank May 22, 2019

Cinnamon has a very catholic palate.

The Elite, Poison Ivy–Munching Goats Taking on New York's Invasive Weeds

There's a benefit to being able to eat almost anything.

Matthew Taub May 8, 2019

Wa Ale Island's main beach and turtle nesting site.

Kawthaung, Myanmar

Nesting Turtles of Wa Ale Island

How often do you find security guards patrolling tropical beaches to protect rare sea turtles from poachers?

Maishima Incineration Plant

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

Delicate branching corals in the lagoon at Dravuni Island, Fiji.

Seabird Poop Can Be Good for Coral Reefs

The eternal, ecological, excremental connection between sea, land, and sky.

Evan Nicole Brown March 26, 2019

A sign warns visitors against fishing from the Passaic River in Newark.

The Swap-a-Fish Program That Traded Tilapia for Seafood Contaminated by Agent Orange

New Jersey's Passaic River has been unsafe to fish for decades.

Reina Gattuso March 15, 2019

A smattering of glacial kettles.

See Iceland's Stunning Glacial Kettles From Above

An abstract view of a changing world.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 7, 2019

Wildflowers are beginning to poke through in areas impacted by the Woolsey Fire.

Last Year’s Severe Wildfires May Intensify a Spring Wildflower ‘Superbloom’

Fire followed by rain is the recipe for colorful fields and canyons.

Evan Nicole Brown February 7, 2019

Rain Garden at the London Wetland Centre.

London, England

WWT London Wetland Centre

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

The river-based expedition team on the Cubango River.

In Angola, Conservationists Make the Case for a Massive New National Park

Newly stable countries are hotspots for wilderness protection.

Dan Nosowitz January 15, 2019

In Malaysian rain forests, termites such as these <em>Macrotermes carbonarius</em> serve key ecological functions.

Termites Are a Rain Forest's Ecological Insurance Policy

During a drought, wood-eating insects can be a jungle's best friends.

Noor Al-Samarrai January 14, 2019

The Patriarch Tree.

Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, Brazil

The Patriarch Tree

This magnificent tree towering over the Atlantic rainforest is one of the oldest and largest in Brazil.

Two pods, one ocean, so what do they do?

Two Adriatic Dolphin Pods Scrupulously Avoid Each Other

Researchers don't know exactly why they're so clique-y.

Anna Kusmer December 18, 2018