Climate Science

This lazy harp seal is a drain on society

We’ve lost 30 to 70 percent of our wildlife since 1970

We love wildlife! We love watching it in high definition on our TV screens while David Attenborough says something droll to ease the trauma of looking at a whale penis. (SO FLEXIBLE.) But apparently we don’t love it so much that we’re dedicated to keeping it around. A new report [PDF] from the World Wildlife Fund […]

Puppy rescued after escaping hawk and falling from sky

"When God drops a puppy from the sky, you keep it."

Solar eclipse this weekend!

The Western U.S. is getting an annular eclipse this weekend, which is an eclipse where the moon’s shadow turns the sun into a “ring of fire.” A swath of the country from Oregon down to Texas will see the whole enchilada, and most other Westerners will get to see at least a partial eclipse. Those […]

Ecology of the undead: Life and death in the age of mass extinction

Tropical forest ecologist Rodolfo Dirzo talks about deforestation, “defaunation,” and the ecological concept of “the living dead.”

Nonprofit teaches you how to save endangered species, then gives you a tattoo of one

Tatzoo holds training bootcamps where you work to save an endangered species. At the end of the program, you're rewarded with a tattoo.

Cherry bomb: A year with less pie

Things are not looking good in the nation's sour cherry capital after a series of freezes followed some unseasonably warm spring weather.

Elephants hold vigil for human friend

In case you needed another reason to care about wildlife, here's one: If you devote your life to elephants, they might come to your funeral.

Please enjoy this disco lobster

The lobster is having its day in high fashion — Anna Wintour wore one to the Met Ball — and apparently the little sea bugs are letting it go to their heads (if that is strictly a “head”). This one was apprehended off the coast of Maine (where else?), just prancing around being all orange […]

How to save wolves: Take photos where they look like crazy mutants

Those clever ecologists at the U.S. Geological Survey have found a way to obtain information about wolves that doesn’t involve trapping them, collaring them, or shooting them with weird injections — and bonus, it makes them look like X-MAN SUPERWOLVES. Instead of messing with the animals directly, researchers are just snapping pics with infrared cameras, […]