Bees, fish and plants show how climate change’s accelerating pace is disrupting nature in 2 key ways
Fast-rising temperatures can change how plants and animals behave and disrupt the delicate timing of pollination.
April 30, 2025 • ~7 min
Trump is stripping protections from marine protected areas – why that’s a problem for fishing’s future, and for whales, corals and other ocean life
America’s marine protected areas help fish populations thrive. Trump’s plan to open them to industrial fishing may ultimately harm the fishing industry itself.
April 23, 2025 • ~8 min
Drug pollution in water is making salmon take more risks – new research
Pharmaceutical pollution can significantly affect wild animal behaviour, including speeding up salmon migration.
April 10, 2025 • ~7 min
As federal environmental priorities shift, sovereign Native American nations have their own plans
Tribal governance takes a long view based in Native peoples’ deep history with these lands.
March 28, 2025 • ~11 min
Atlantic sturgeon were fished almost to extinction − ancient DNA reveals how Chesapeake Bay population changed over centuries
Research that combined archaeology, history and ecology provides a nuanced understanding of the past that could help conservationists better plan for the future.
March 20, 2025 • ~11 min
The ‘sustainable’ cod in your shopping basket may be no such thing – new study reveals mislabelling
Nearly a third of the cod we tested had a different origin than the one reported.
March 11, 2025 • ~6 min
Parrotfish support healthy coral reefs, but they’re not a cure-all, and sometimes cause harm
A widely held view in ocean conservation asserts that parrotfish are key to healthy coral reefs. But evidence suggests that the relationship is more complicated.
Feb. 26, 2025 • ~8 min
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