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If the dominant rats were further down in the tunnels, mostly submissive rats would have survived. Which could make rats nicer overall. Maybe. Probably not.
News accounts of eco-disasters give us a false sense that everything is going to be OK. Because we really, really want everything to be OK.
A couple of weeks ago, we posted a quiz to help you find out what kind of environmentalist you are. Here's how you answered -- and who we left out.
Can the fishermen of Port Orford work toward more sustainable stewardship of the ocean -- whether they believe in climate change or not?
The latest polls show that Americans still just don't get it. But public opinion has always lagged on important issues.
And you were worried he wasn't taking the crisis seriously enough.
Climate change mitigation and adaptation are often discussed as though they are interchangeable. They are not.
Is the Upper East Side surpassing Brooklyn in coolness, as some commentators claim? No, and here's why.
Ants might be able to speed up carbon dioxide absorption in rocks. Is this a viable way to fight global warming?