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

Two Adriatic Dolphin Pods Scrupulously Avoid Each Other

Researchers don't know exactly why they're so clique-y.
Anna Kusmer December 18, 2018
Garlic smashed potatoes with superworms.
insects

Roaches Taste Like Blue Cheese, and Other Bugsgiving Revelations

This Thanksgiving, why not feast on insects?
Ella Morton November 20, 2018
Dinner time.
food

Found: Teeth From a Medieval Sea Monster/Delicacy

Fancy a lamprey pie?
Matthew Taub November 1, 2018
A reef ball graveyard beneath the waves.
death

Bury Me in an Artificial Reef

One Florida-based company offers a second life at sea by adding cremains to something called a reef ball.
Eric Grundhauser October 29, 2018
Sluice at night.
Ely, England

Sluice

This striking steel sculpture transforms environmental data into art.
Pando in the autumn.
science

Mule Deer Are Eating Away at the Most Massive Living Thing in the World

A special aspen grove needs the chance to regenerate.
Matthew Taub October 18, 2018
The winning canopy design.
architecture

This Award-Winning Australian Land Art Is Designed to Power 900 Homes

But will it ever be built?
Evan Nicole Brown October 12, 2018
Up, up, and away.
animals

Why North America’s Gangliest Bird Is Hitching a Ride With the Coast Guard

Whooping cranes are on the move, because of budget cuts.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 9, 2018
Home damage caused by Hurricane Stan.
environment

How a Hurricane Prompted Guatemala to Prioritize Land Preservation

Hurricane Stan hit 13 years ago today.
Evan Nicole Brown October 3, 2018
View from the hilltop.
Brooks, Kentucky

Valley of the Drums

This calm grassy field was once a Superfund site full of thousands of nasty chemicals.
Ecologist Morton J. Elrod used this boulder to measure the terminus of Grinnell Glacier in 1926. Now, no ice is visible from the rock.
nature

Climate Change Is Coming for America's National Parks

Goodbye, glaciers.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 25, 2018
Four donkeys pose beneath a striking sky at Peaceful Valley's San Angelo ranch.
farms

The Donkey Refuge Where Burros Become Coyote-Kicking Livestock Guardians

With the right training, feral donkeys go from zero to hero.
Abbey Perreault September 25, 2018
The riparian buffers flanking the Niger River in Timbuktu, Mali, appear in red.
maps

Striking Satellite Images of Cities on the Brink

A fresh perspective on the fragility and resilience of our world.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 24, 2018
Charles Kellogg with his van, The Travel Log.
animals

Charles Kellogg Sang Like a Bird and Drove a Giant Tree

The vaudeville entertainer turned a California redwood into a mobile "Travel Log."
Natasha Frost September 6, 2018
A sleek side view of the farm, with the shrubby cow garden on top.
floods

All Aboard the World's First Floating Dairy Farm

More sustainable food production may call for plopping cows on the water.
Abbey Perreault August 22, 2018
Sea stars in the Gulf of Mexico in 2017.
oceans

Found: The Last Traces of Unspoiled Ocean

They're few and far between.
Jessica Leigh Hester July 30, 2018
Sign at Fort Douaumont reads: Danger, Access Forbidden.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France

Zone Rouge

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.
Rocky Mountain Land Library
Fairplay, Colorado

Rocky Mountain Land Library

This 19th-century ranch is being transformed into a residential library with thousands of books about the natural world.