In photos: Water crisis in Texas continues
Power has returned to most of Texas after a week of statewide blackouts caused by historic winter storms, but millions…
Enjoy them while you can? The ecotourism challenge facing Australia’s favourite islands
I fell for Kangaroo Island from my first visit. I recall standing on a headland on the island’s southern coast,…
Lake Poopó: why Bolivia’s second largest lake disappeared – and how to bring it back
A huge lake in Bolivia has almost entirely disappeared. Lake Poopó used to be the country’s second largest, after Lake…
The Caspian Sea is set to fall by 9 metres or more this century – an ecocide is imminent
Imagine you are on the coast, looking out to sea. In front of you lies 100 metres of barren sand…
Young Muslim women are leading environmental movements grounded in their beliefs
Weeks prior to the lockdowns and closures that came with the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary General António Guterres said 2020…
From permafrost microbes to survivor songbirds – research projects are also victims of COVID-19 pandemic
What do you do when COVID-19 safety protocols and travel restrictions mean you can’t do your research? That’s what these…
Daytime sightings of elusive aardvarks hint at troubled times in the Kalahari
Aardvarks are notoriously elusive, nocturnal mammals. They generally hide in their underground burrows during the day and emerge at night…
The winners and losers of the COVID holiday season
The pandemic has upended Thanksgiving and the shopping season that the holiday kicks off, creating a new crop of economic…
Humans are changing fire patterns, and it’s threatening 4,403 species with extinction
Last summer, many Australians were shocked to see fires sweep through the wet tropical rainforests of Queensland, where large and…
200 years ago, people discovered Antarctica – and promptly began profiting by slaughtering some of its animals to near extinction
Two hundred years ago, on November 17, Connecticut ship captain Nathaniel Palmer spotted the Antarctic continent, one of three parties…
Why all human rights depend on a healthy environment
Recent revelations about the speed and scale of nature’s decline are hard to truly comprehend. Not since the dinosaurs disappeared…
Inside a Shelter for Newly Admitted Asylum Seekers, With Piper Perabo | NowThis
Asylum seekers are often dropped off with no money, phone, or sense of where they are once admitted to the…
The Ecologist on a Mission to Count New York’s Whales
The first thing you notice about ecologist Arthur Kopelman is his giant white beard. The second is the gold whale…
Drone Swarms as You Know Them Are Just an Illusion—for Now
Look at all the pretty drones. Hovering above sports stadiums from Houston to Pyeongchang, many hundreds of them have lately…
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 review
There are no secrets in consumer electronics anymore. Sometimes it’s the fault of flubs and flaws and leakers. Sometimes it’s…
Bloke 100% Certain Girl Who Danced Beside Him Was Coming Onto Him
A bloke who was recently spotted dancing in a nightclub is reportedly one hundred percent certain that the girl dancing…
Of Course Donald Trump’s All-Caps Iran Tweet Has Become A Mocking Meme
Some Twitter users opted to see the funny side after President Donald Trump used an all-caps tweet to threaten Iranian…
Locarno 2018 Preview: The Largest Swiss Film Gathering Readies Smorgasbord of Arthouse Offerings
It has become widely circulated that the current artistic director of Locarno Film Festival, Carlo Chatrian, will be vacating the…