The Limiting Overshoot report warns that ecosystems fundamentally disturbed in their function will not recover, and species that go extinct, locally or even globally will not reappear.

Harbour porpoises are among the smallest marine mammals, once abundant in the North Sea, and recognizable by their cute little squeaks they make when surfacing. They are shy and rely heavily on echolo

Please join Species Unite in calling on H&M to stop using new cashmere entirely and to transition fully to recycled or animal-free alternatives. Building on its historic decision to cut ties with new ...

Every year, tens of millions of birds fly thousands of miles across North America, stopping at Pecan Island in Louisiana to rest and feed along their epic migration. Snow geese arrive in enormous floc

The film “NAZA” investigates the killing of Palestinians by Israeli forces in Gaza. Israel’s culture minister has suggested revoking the directors’ citizenship.

Amazon built its empire selling books. Now it’s cutting them apart to feed its AI. Rare and irreplaceable books are being sent to an Amazon facility in Las Vegas, where their spines are sliced off, p

Air pollution from gas-fired power plants to run data centers is expected to add at least $20 billion in annual health care costs by 2028, the group warns.

For the first time in a year, the U.S.-Mexico border partly reopened to cattle imports following a screwworm infestation across the region. The battle against the flesh-eating fly has only just begun ...

Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.

Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights unit, has extracted flashy agreements and personnel moves from big universities and sought to force states to turn over confidential vo...

The proposal seeking to reduce “regulatory burden” for the industry is raising major red flags for environmentalists.

Carbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns.

The Washington State Department of Ecology is proposing to delay restrictions on toxic PVC and PVDC plastics in packaging for five or more years. Tell Ecology it must protect health and ban toxic plas...

Technologies like CRISPR are giving us new ways to create the dogs of our dreams — and a reason to reckon with our past mistakes.

Sloppy drafting in a new San Bernardino County mining regulation risks giving up local oversight.

I traveled around the country to find out if “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” still has a place in the classroom.

As immigration arrests hit record highs, ICE appears closer than ever to meeting its goal of 2,000 daily arrests.

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Towering woodlands in the West are being permanently replaced by tracts of spiky shrubs. Conditions “just aren’t normal anymore,” one researcher said.

At least a half-dozen federal agencies have taken action against the state that has led the nation in environmental protections.

The move to repeal the ‘roadless rule’ would pave the way for road construction and logging in nearly 45 million acres of untouched back country.

The top of the world is warming faster than any other region. For 20 years, the Arctic Report Card chronicled the extraordinary transformation.

The discovery that chronic inflammation is a cause of myriad illnesses could be this century's biggest medical breakthrough.

AI companies are racing to build massive data centers to power the next generation of artificial intelligence, but we were never asked. Demand a say.

The percentage of high-ranking officer nominations going to women is currently at its lowest level in over two decades.

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In an interview with The New York Times, Dr. El-Sayed recalled some of his conversations with establishment figures who once opposed his candidacy.

The vice president has dispensed with the decorum and restraint of his predecessors to directly take on opponents and journalists on social media with sometimes profane and often personal jabs.

A teenager’s lawsuit against the food industry shows us the path to a better food system.

For Gen Z college graduates, the way millennials lived out their ambitions no longer makes sense.

A new fund called the Phoenix Species Project will provide $200 million to help pull imperiled wildlife back from the brink of extinction.

President Trump said recreation in Bears Ears National Monument was virtually impossible. Documents reviewed by The New York Times show officials knew otherwise.

The second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket, which sent two private landers to the moon last year, will collide with the moon early Wednesday morning.

The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.

Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...

The world’s most valuable assets are stored on rows of servers in giant, anonymous buildings. And they can be stolen.

The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete.

Karyna Shuliak, 37, is a complicated and unusual figure in the disgraced financier’s world who has been trying to blend into obscurity since his death.

Residents of Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” have defeated plans for what could have been the largest carbon sequestration and storage project in the world,

Hundreds of bases are contaminated with PFAS, which are linked to low birth weight and other risks. Politicians from both parties are demanding explanations.

The state is a major importer of fracking wastewater, which gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. The city of Marietta is fighting back.

National alliance urges Congress to reject industry efforts to weaken nation’s chemical safety law and encourages Congress to hear from impacted communities, veterans, workers, and health professional...