In dire straits, polar bears turn to seabird eggs for food — but they’re bad at finding them
The poster child of climate change is suffering in more ways than one.
No longer wasted off beer: Beer byproducts could be used for biofuels and food
Beer produces a lot of waste, but it doesn't have to leave a bitter aftertaste.
This giant stone slab might be the oldest known 3D map in Europe
It was stored for decades but researchers found it in a cellar in 2014
Want to avoid new pandemics? Preserving biodiversity is step one, research argues
The more diversity we have in nature, the better for our health.
Climate change really ruins everything — now, it’s coming for our coffee
Colombia's coffee production is struggling to cope with climate change, and that's bad news for coffee lovers.
Climate change is reducing agricultural productivity
Technology is improving productivity, but climate is slowing it down.
This small country could vaccinate its entire adult population in a few days
Bhutan waited to have all the vaccines to start vaccinating its citizens.
Seoul is replacing street lamps with smart poles that offer electricity and WiFi
You can access WiFI, charge your electric car and even your drone from these poles.
No pandemic break for rainforests: deforestation surged in 2020
It was the third-worst year since 2002, when reliable monitoring began.
Even without fans, the home team advantage still exists
Fans or no fans, playing at home still grants you an advantage.
Covid pandemic likely started from human exploitation of wildlife, WHO finds
A team of WHO scientists went to China and looked at the causes of the pandemic. This is their much-anticipated...
Reading this? The odds are your consumer habits are causing the loss of 4 trees per year
That coffee you are drinking might be linked to deforestation.
Climate change is making cherry trees blossom earlier in Japan and the US
Tokyo recorded its earliest bloom for over 1,200 years
The bald eagle, an American national symbol, is now also a successful conservation story
The bald eagle has made a fantastic recovery across the country
Coffee waste can help restore degraded land and forests
A large part of Earth's land is increasingly degraded and coffee could be used to help/
Indigenous communities are the best guardians of Latin America’s forests
Indigenous communities can help protect the forests but are highly challenged by extractive industries
African elephants inch closer to extinction as poaching and habitat loss hit hard
Situation is bleak but some conservation efforts are working well
Land-use change is creating an infectious disease boom, study finds
Deforestation leads to infection, and we've all seen what infectious diseases can cause
Getting a new couch can help your health more than you realize — but only if you get the right type
Toxic chemicals can accumulate in the dust, and it can be a problem.
Dump the plastic: Scientists create edible food packaging films from seaweed
They are water-soluble and eco-friendly, you can eat them or throw them away.