New discovery gives world’s most endangered turtle a fighting chance
A 500-year-old legend is key to the survival of a rare giant softshell turtle.
World’s forest animal population drops 53% since 1970: WWF report
The global population of forest-dwelling vertebrates has plummeted in the period between 1970 and 2014, according to a study published Tuesday by...
‘Unknown territory’: Antarctic glaciers melting at rate unprecedented in 5,500 years: Study
"These currently elevated rates of ice melting may signal that those vital arteries from the heart of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet have been ruptured," said one researcher. "Is it too late to stop the bleeding?"
Japanese Hunters Evade Sea Shepherd, Kill Hundreds of Whales
The whalers expanded their hunting grounds in the Southern Ocean to make it difficult for the environmentalists to intercept them.
Trump advisors plan to privatize native lands to tap into oil rich reservations
The incoming president has picked climate change deniers and pro-fossil fuel bigwigs for cabinet positions.
Offshore oil well leaked for months, public kept in dark for a year
“There's absolutely no justification for continuing to keep the company involved or the location of the oil spill a secret.”
Merging ‘loyalty to the oil industry’ and ‘grudge against California,’ Trump opens 725,000 acres...
"Turning over these spectacular wild places to dirty drilling and fracking will sicken Californians, harm endangered species, and fuel climate chaos."
Health Dangers of Fracking Revealed in Johns Hopkins Study
While the industry will no doubt continue to refute the expanding science about the dangers of fracking, we can't afford to ignore it.
As climate emergency worsens, freak lightning storm sends snow, scorpion plague on Egypt’s Aswan
High winds blew the deadly Egyptian black, fat-tailed scorpions from the surrounding desert into the city and into people’s homes.
An aspirational vision of life after fossil fuels
Building sustainable communities is the antidote to fear of a changing climate.