
Benji Jones
Senior Correspondent
Latest articles by Benji Jones


The H5N1 avian flu virus isn’t a major human threat today. Here’s what it’d take to become one.


Palm oil once destroyed orangutan-filled rainforests in Southeast Asia. Now, the industry is cleaning up its act.

The trouble with conservation’s cutest mascot.


The good news: You’re safe if you’re not an ant.

Want to save the bees? First, throw out most of what you know about them.

California’s floods reveal a likely climate change symptom: Quick shifts between opposing weather conditions.


Recovering America’s Wildlife Act died last year in Congress, but lawmakers may soon get another shot.

There’s drama in the plant world — and a shape-shifting vine is at the center of it.


A new law in Europe could help prevent our favorite foods from flattening forests.


The head of the world’s largest environmental organization explains what it will actually take to stop the extinction crisis.