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Nature

Old growth Douglas fir trees stand along the Salmon river Trail on the Mt. Hood National Forest
Environment
1 in 6 trees in the US threatened with extinction
People gather at a playground amid water shortages in Monterrey, Mexico.
Environment
In the north of Mexico, water cuts to cope with shortages hit poor communities hardest 
Fishermen navigate on the Shatt al-Arab waterway during a sandstorm in Basra, Iraq, Monday, May 23, 2022.
Environment
‘It’s a mass ecological crisis’: Extreme weather in Iraq hits those already struggling the hardest
A Uniper energy company coal-fired power plant and a BP refinery are seen beside a wind generator in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Jan. 16, 2020. 
Environment
Did the world ‘build back better’ since the start of the pandemic? Not so much. 
A fire still burns in a home destroyed by the Marshall Wildfire in Louisville, Colorado, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.
Environment
Colorado’s catastrophic winter firestorm may be a sign of more to come
A massive sinkhole in central Turkey is attributed to a three-year drought and climate change.
Climate Change
Massive sinkholes appear in farmers’ fields in central Turkey due to climate change and drought
A person wears colorful, pride-themed boots as they await the start of a queer liberation march for Black Lives Matter and against police brutality
Lifestyle & Belief
A queer nature photographer on the great outdoors and hiking in 6-inch heels
Firefighters control a spot fire near Bredbo, south of the Australian capital, Canberra, Feb. 2, 2020.
The Big Fix
California and Australia look to Indigenous land management for fire help 
A sign the shape of a red stop sign warns of extreme heat danger at Badwater Basin with a couple taking a selfie in the distance.
Environment
The world’s getting hotter. Can naming heat waves raise awareness of the risks?
Two men bend over a small fire in the forest
Climate Change
Reviving traditional fire knowledge in Australia: ‘Fire is something we live with’
Child hugging lion, roar
Health & Medicine
‘Our Wild Calling’: Connecting with animals transforms lives
Riparian forest in northern Mexico
Environment
This land and water preservationist is a ‘force of nature’ in northern Mexico
Prescribed burning in Arizona
Environment
California must learn to fight fire with prescribed fire, experts say
A fire burns at night in the jungle.
Environment
Amazon fires: 8 ways you can help stop the rainforest burning
Kids at summer camp
Development & Education
A summer camp experience may be more important than ever in today’s digital world
A hand holds small micro-plastics.
Pushing plastics
As the world grapples with plastic, the US makes more of it — a lot more
A woman moves her things onto a table in a flooded home.
Environment
How floating homes will help people in flood-prone countries
Workers in a dark building sort trash from a conveyor belt.
Pushing plastics
Inside the long war to protect plastic
glacier
Climate change: Obsession with plastic pollution distracts attention from bigger environmental challenges
Whooping cranes at Wheeler
Environment
No refuge for wildlife in some US wildlife refuges
Bats have a specialized thin skin that allows their wings to change when a muscle is activated with every beat cycle of the wings.
Science
Researchers explore the fascinating biomechanics and neuroscience of bats
Arts, Culture & Media
Stormy Music
Arts, Culture & Media
Canaries in the Coal Smoke
nature
Science
Human quality of life threatened by ‘alarming’ decline in biodiversity
A view of tundra landscape in the Rocky Mountains — 11,000 feet from sea level.
Science
In the dead of winter, plants are already starting to prepare for spring — underground
Coal
Science
Another way to look at the fossil record? By examining coal.
Rainbow scarab beetle
Science
Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way and other facts about ‘nature’s recyclers’
Mushrooms
Arts
What nature can teach us about sustainability and innovation
'Age of Acceleration'
Books
A new book explores how to survive the ‘Age of Accelerations’
It’s Only Post-Natural
Full Episode
Urban Death Project 1
Environment
Could composting someday become an alternative to burial and cremation?
Dolphin
Books
Why are we fascinated with dolphins?
Volunteer Bob Walsh drags away buckthorn branches. (Photo: Olivia Powers)
Environment
These volunteer weed whackers are fighting invaders in Boston’s harbor
From Atop an Ecuadorian Peak, an Epiphany About Nature
Picture of the Week: Corpse Flower
Quiz: Is This Panda Pregnant?
Picture of the Week: Blue Morpho Butterflies
Picture of the Week: Saharan Silver Ant
Picture of the Week: Axolotl
Science Diction: Dinosaur
Saola
Environment
The quest for the ‘Asian unicorn’
The Octopus Whisperer
Picture of the Week: Cock-Eyed Squid
Take a Selfielopod for #CephalopodWeek!
Jet-setting Cephalopods
Dissect a Silkworm Cocoon
Picture of the Week: The Green Rose
Picture of the Week: Limpet Teeth
Picture of the Week: Bombardier Beetle
From Feed Lot to Pasture: The State of U.S. Pork
Picture of the Week: Cat Tongue
Build an Earthquake Machine
Picture of the Week: Pando, One of Earth’s Largest Living Organisms
Picture of the Week: Scuttle Flies
Picture of the Week: Lion’s Mane Mushroom
Picture of the Week: Horn Shark Egg Case
Picture of the Week: Capsizing Iceberg
Picture of the Week: Ruby Seadragon
How Can We Clean Up an Oil Spill?
Picture of the Week: Corn Smut