Frogs That Escaped Extinction
By JOANNA KLEIN Robin Moore takes photos he hopes will highlight the plight of amphibian species worldwide, 40 […]
Science
Report Warns of Climate Change Disasters That Rival Hollywood’s
By JONAH BROMWICH Bad news for Stonehenge, Venice and the Statue of Liberty. A report says climate change […]
Why Are Minneapolis and St. Paul So Nice? Maybe It’s ...
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG The Trust for Public Land ranked 100 urban parks systems around the country, from Minneapolis […]
NGC 5078 and Friends
This sharp telescopic field of view holds two bright galaxies. Barred spiral NGC 5101 (top right) and nearly […]
Florida Needs a Lionfish King or Queen. It Could Be ...
By JOANNA KLEIN The competition is designed to rid Atlantic waters of the beguiling beauties, which have been […]
Climate Change Activists Either Prod Exxon Mobil or Dump It
By JOHN SCHWARTZ Whether to negotiate new policies reflecting climate change or adopt a scorched-earth strategy has divided […]
Milky Way Over the Spanish Peaks
That’s not lightning, and it did not strike between those mountains. The diagonal band is actually the central […]
Squid Are Thriving While Fish Decline
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Warming oceans, while detrimental to some fish, may be creating beneficial growing conditions for […]
Public Campaign Against Exxon Has Roots in a 2012 Meeting
By JOHN SCHWARTZ A gathering held four years ago in California outlined tactics for taking on the fossil […]
Earth May Be Home to a Trillion Microbes
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR According to a new estimate, there are about one trillion species of microbes on Earth, […]