Down to Earth
The biodiversity crisis, explained
This is what happens when you put a clownfish in hot water.
Ganaderos han matado jaguares desde hace mucho tiempo. Ahora ganan miles de dólares salvándolos.
Ranchers in Mexico once commonly killed jaguars. Now they’re earning thousands of dollars to help save them.
Dozens of countries have promised to end deforestation. They’re failing.
The administration’s attack on nature, explained by a dancing chicken.
The next big cicada eruption is upon us.
The aggressive push to privatize public lands, explained.
A federal program killed nearly 2 million wild animals last year. The reason might surprise you.
California researchers grapple with losing a landscape they love in real time.
The government says it’s for the animals’ own good.
Trump says he’s pro-America. Will his administration protect its most iconic butterfly?
The bizarre link between your anti-anxiety drugs and salmon.
Don’t buy the hype about “de-extinction.”
Researchers are hoping they may unlock one of animal biology’s greatest mysteries.
Sometimes nature thrives in the most unlikely places.
Then Trump got in the way.
Job cuts and frozen funding could inch one of the world’s rarest species even closer to extinction.
A baby bust threatens the future of an already struggling reef.
A “wholesale decimation of expertise” threatens the natural resources we all rely on, a former top government official tells Vox.
Parks were already facing a staffing problem. Then came the government purge.
Exclusive: The US Fish and Wildlife Service has frozen millions of dollars, imperiling animals abroad.
In the oil-rich Permian Basin, the dunes sagebrush lizard faces extinction. Will Trump do it in?
Climate change is, unfortunately, giving rats a boost, a new study found.
How a tiny fish got caught up in a misinformation storm about the LA wildfires.
Los Angeles is home to a diverse ecosystem of animals. Now their lives and homes are at risk.
An unexpected industry is booming in Colombia. Here’s why that’s a good thing.
She’s an expert in funny, but her relationship with rabbits is very serious.
From squirrels to newts, many animals have lost an incredible ability to roam vast distances. But researchers say there’s hope.
Even a single degree of warming can have devastating consequences for the natural world.
Una industria inesperada está en auge en Colombia. Esto es lo que la hace tan positiva.
The Land Back movement is long-overdue justice. It’s also a climate solution.
It’s the biggest known animal of its kind.
Big companies use DNA from wild organisms to make money. This new plan aims to make them pay for it.
Why won’t the US join the most important treaty to protect the natural world?
Inside the extremely messy, profoundly confusing fight over who should profit from non-human DNA.
Wild animals are spiraling toward extinction. Can a bunch of bureaucrats save them?
Just a tiny fraction of the global GDP could help stave off ecological collapse.
Wetlands absorb carbon from the atmosphere. The Coeur d’Alene’s restoration would do more than just that.
A new wildlife report is drawing scrutiny from some scientists, though it’s alarming nonetheless.
Its day job helps prevent an iconic ocean ecosystem from collapsing.