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Bee boulevard: An urban corridor becomes a haven for native pollinators
By transforming a mile of parking strips into a corridor of pollinator-friendly gardens, Seattle's Pollinator Pathway reimagines the relationship between cities and nature.
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This is the world’s first liliger, and yes, it is magical
Kiara, born at a zoo in Siberia, is half lion and half half lion half tiger. It makes sense, honest. (Well, as much sense as lions and tigers having sex.)
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Republican Coal Bill: Just Another Attack on Public Health Protections
Not satisfied with already being known as the most anti-environmental House of Representatives in history, this week House Republicans are again attempting to gut fundamental health and environmental laws to please polluters — specifically, the coal industry. In a new package of bills, House leadership is taking aim at a staggering array of basic laws […]
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Wasp named for Lady Gaga sparks nerdy outrage
This wasp is named after Lady Gaga, and fittingly, some people are mad about it.
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Increasing Pollution, Dwindling Options
The Food and Environmental Reporting Network released a striking report this week (Sept. 18) describing how industrial agriculture and climate change are fueling massive blooms of toxic algae: Blooms have closed lake beaches or led to swimming advisories from Vermont’s Lake Champlain to Dorena Reservoir in Oregon and from Florida’s Caloosahatchee River to Wisconsin’s Lake Menomin. In addition to […]
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Here is a video of a fire tornado, and it is exactly as scary as that sounds
One time I made a joke in a Grist List post about some new horrible form of weather, where I was like “ha ha, what’s next, FIRENADOS?” And then people on Twitter were like “um, firenados are reality” and I was like “WHAT I don’t want to live in the world anymore” but yup. Fire […]
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Study: Men recognize cars, women recognize birds
A Vanderbuilt University Study on gender and observational skills reveals strange facts about what men and women recognize.
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This New Zealand river is officially a person
A river in New Zealand now has person hood status -- we're all so relieved, since everyone treats people great.
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Join us for a Twitter chat about green slime
Did toxic blue-green algae make your summer a bummer?
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Freaked-out climate scientists urge other freaked-out climate scientists to speak up, fight Man
Can we make the radical changes needed to stave off climate chaos? No, say scientists Kevin Anderson and Alice Bows, not "within orthodox political and economic constraints."
