Central Africa remains the species’ stronghold, home to nearly 96% of forest elephants, with densely forested Gabon hosting 95,000 individuals.
Environment
Incredible Journeys: Filling in the Blanks of Sea Turtle Migrations
These marine reptiles lead complicated lives, making protecting them a real challenge. But new science has revealed important information.
These marine reptiles lead complicated lives, making protecting them a real challenge. But new science has revealed important information.
How Breaking — and Repairing — the Water Cycle Shapes Our Climate Future
This contradiction is not merely climatic. It is the visible outcome of a disrupted hydrological cycle — a phenomenon widely documented in climate science, ecohydrology, and land degradation studies.
This contradiction is not merely climatic. It is the visible outcome of a disrupted hydrological cycle — a phenomenon widely documented in climate science, ecohydrology, and land degradation studies.
How Facial Recognition for Bears Can Help Ecologists Manage Wildlife
The attack, in Bella Coola, British Columbia, was very unusual bear behavior and sparked an effort to figure out exactly what had happened and why.
The attack, in Bella Coola, British Columbia, was very unusual bear behavior and sparked an effort to figure out exactly what had happened and why.
In Bangladesh, Thousands of Volunteers Are Battling Climate-Fueled Disease at Its Source
As mosquitoes spread dengue and chikungunya, Bangladeshi cleanup crews are taking public health into their own hands.
As mosquitoes spread dengue and chikungunya, Bangladeshi cleanup crews are taking public health into their own hands.
Plastic Pollution Requires Urgent Action, Says Author Judith Enck
These plastic bits are also harming wildlife, with potentially unforeseen, devastating consequences.
These plastic bits are also harming wildlife, with potentially unforeseen, devastating consequences.
“Right to Repair” Extends Product Lifespans
Electronic waste is the world’s fastest-growing solid waste stream, with 62 million tonnes of electronic waste generated in 2022 alone.
Electronic waste is the world’s fastest-growing solid waste stream, with 62 million tonnes of electronic waste generated in 2022 alone.
What Craig’s Long Life Reveals About Elephant Conservation
His passing is also a reminder of what has been lost: Africa’s elephant population fell from about 1.3 million in 1979 to roughly 400,000 today, with forest elephants in particular still in steep decline.
His passing is also a reminder of what has been lost: Africa’s elephant population fell from about 1.3 million in 1979 to roughly 400,000 today, with forest elephants in particular still in steep decline.
The Nature Embedded Mind: Excerpt
That you, is you in your natural consciousness, a nature embedded mind. The one you were born with.
That you, is you in your natural consciousness, a nature embedded mind. The one you were born with.
The Alps Will Lose a Record Number of Glaciers in the Next 10 Years
In a new study, researchers have, for the first time, calculated how many glaciers worldwide are likely to remain until the end of the century and for how long.
In a new study, researchers have, for the first time, calculated how many glaciers worldwide are likely to remain until the end of the century and for how long.
5 Unexpected Animal Behaviors We Learned About in 2025
Every year, researchers and people out in nature capture some aspect of animal behavior that’s unusual or unexpected in some way, changing how we understand the natural world.
Every year, researchers and people out in nature capture some aspect of animal behavior that’s unusual or unexpected in some way, changing how we understand the natural world.
The Seduction of Despair, the Persistence of Possibility
Hope comes from the stubborn work of refusing to abandon what’s wild. Here’s how to keep moving forward.
Hope comes from the stubborn work of refusing to abandon what’s wild. Here’s how to keep moving forward.
Normalcy Bias – A Latent Hazard
Multiple civilisations in the past likely fell in part because their populations and leaderships held wishful notions of permanence, and failed to sufficiently grasp impending dangers, so blithely carried on with business as usual.
Multiple civilisations in the past likely fell in part because their populations and leaderships held wishful notions of permanence, and failed to sufficiently grasp impending dangers, so blithely carried on with business as usual.
Deep-Sea ‘Hotels’ Reveal 20 New Species Hiding in Pacific Ocean Twilight Zone Near Guam
A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin.
A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin.
Book Review: A Portrait of the Arctic World in Flux
Neil Shea’s “Frostlines” captures the terror and beauty of a region often dismissed as “big, cold, white, and far away.”
Neil Shea’s “Frostlines” captures the terror and beauty of a region often dismissed as “big, cold, white, and far away.”
The Bellwether in a Frog Suit: Han Beishi’s Environmental Art
The artist was inspired by learning that frogs, extra-vulnerable to environmental changes, are bellwethers for climate collapse.
The artist was inspired by learning that frogs, extra-vulnerable to environmental changes, are bellwethers for climate collapse.