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Benji Jones

Benji Jones

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Benji Jones

    Climate
    Growing up Maasai and the art of healing the EarthGrowing up Maasai and the art of healing the Earth
    Climate

    The world is crafting a plan to save nature. Will Indigenous people get a say?

    By Benji Jones
    Down to Earth
    The bizarre deep-sea creatures living on the Endurance shipwreckThe bizarre deep-sea creatures living on the Endurance shipwreck
    Down to Earth

    Check out these animals that have colonized the 1915 wreck.

    By Benji Jones
    Down to Earth
    The troubling link between electric cars and ... flamingos?The troubling link between electric cars and ... flamingos?
    Down to Earth

    Mining lithium for batteries threatens some flamingos in Chile, a new study suggests.

    By Benji Jones
    Down to Earth
    The loss of insects is an apocalypse worth worrying aboutThe loss of insects is an apocalypse worth worrying about
    Podcast
    Down to Earth

    A world without bugs is a world we don’t want to live in.

    By Benji Jones
    Down to Earth
    Oops, cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was probably a bad ideaOops, cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was probably a bad idea
    Down to Earth

    Many scientists worry that flashy efforts to clean plastic from the ocean do more harm than good.

    By Benji Jones
    Down to Earth
    5 signs of how climate change is unraveling Earth’s ecosystems5 signs of how climate change is unraveling Earth’s ecosystems
    Down to Earth

    Global warming is taking a bigger toll on wildlife than we previously thought, a new IPCC report shows.

    By Benji Jones
    Down to Earth
    Scientists are recruiting elephant seals to eavesdrop on whalesScientists are recruiting elephant seals to eavesdrop on whales
    Down to Earth

    Elephant seals will help scientists monitor secretive marine mammals in the deep ocean.

    By Benji Jones
    The bad news about your avocado habit
    Down to Earth

    America’s insatiable appetite for guacamole is threatening Mexican forests.

    By Benji Jones
    Down to Earth
    How gray wolves divided AmericaHow gray wolves divided America
    Down to Earth

    Many people love wolves. How did saving them become so controversial?

    By Benji Jones
    The manatees are starving
    Down to Earth

    Florida’s beloved “sea cows” shouldn’t have to eat lettuce. Yet here we are.

    By Benji Jones