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With patience and binoculars, Ugandan women build jobs as birdersIn Uganda鈥檚 Mabira Forest, women birders are their own guides. One helped our reporter train his gaze on a feathery find.
Message in a bottle: Forensics meets marine science with eDNAA new tool in marine research known as eDNA enables scientists to capture a snapshot of ocean communities without touching a single fish.
A tabby by any other name: In Hawaii, a debate over what鈥檚 wildIn Hawaii, blurred boundaries between pets and wildlife fuel debate, even as residents find common ground in a shared love for animals.聽
First LookUN climate report says habit changes can prevent a hungry futureChanges in diet, food waste, and land use will be crucial to maintaining food stability as climate change worsens, says the Thursday report.聽
Dinged cars and damaged roofs: The high cost of a gull鈥檚 mealGulls have learned how to drop their prey 鈥� clams, mussels, and more 鈥� on hard surfaces to crack the shells. Cars and roofs don鈥檛 always fare well.
What does climate change have to do with socialism?Much of U.S. opposition to the mainstream science of climate change is rooted in fears of a socialist takeover of the American government.
First LookGreenland ice melt to increase as heat wave continuesThe heat wave that plagued Europe in July has moved over Greenland. Swaths of ice on the island now show indications of permanent melt.聽
No light, no problem: The improbable wonders of deep-sea coralSnorkelers love shallow coral reefs. But another world of reefs thrives thousands of feet beneath the sea in seemingly inhospitable conditions.
Comeback fish: How Europe is saving the iconic sturgeonSturgeon populations have plummeted in recent decades. In Europe, advocates are taking action to revive the species.聽
India鈥檚 tigers come roaring backDue to stricter wildlife policies and improved safety monitoring, India鈥檚 tiger population climbed 33% between 2014 and 2018.
First LookSending a clear message: Swedish climate activist to sail across the AtlanticGreta Thunberg, a Swedish teenager and the face of Europe's student climate activism movement, will travel to New York on a sailboat for a U.N. climate summit.
Into the twilight zone: An age of discovery unfolds beneath the wavesHumans like to think they have conquered every corner of the planet. But in reality we know very little about the world's largest biome: the ocean.
Louisiana鈥檚 coastline is disappearing. Can the bayou be saved?Louisiana has taken aggressive steps to聽advance progressive climate-change adaptation ideas through a lens of business and social conservatism.
First LookNew York climate plan among nation's most ambitiousThe law signed Thursday would make New York the quickest state to achieve 100% renewable energy. Wind farms are expected to smooth the transition, but critics call the plan impractical.
How fast can the political pendulum swing? Ask Maine.As governor, Paul LePage spent eight years dismantling Maine鈥檚 environmental policies. Gov. Janet Mills is on a mission to restore them.
The war on plastic bags, by the numbersPlastic bag bans are sweeping the globe. But it鈥檚 too soon to tell how effective they are keeping single use plastic out of landfills and the ocean.
First LookSturgeon population makes comeback after near extinctionAfter thriving for 200 million years, sturgeon were pushed near extinction by dams, pollution, and overfishing. Now they're rebounding around the U.S.
First LookTastes like chicken: Investors flock to meat-growing labsMemphis Meats is one of many startups producing meat in laboratories. Some projections say that聽cultured meat will overtake plant-based alternatives for consumers who eschew animal products because of ethical and environmental concerns.
FocusWhen a city of canals floods, what happens to waterway shantytowns?Big cities like Bangkok are moving whole slums to mitigate effects of flooding and climate change 鈥� after gaining trust of residents.
In Idaho, the plight of salmon spawns an unorthodox proposalIn Idaho, the idea of breaching dams to protect salmon may not seem as far-fetched as it had been in the past.
