Environment

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April 16, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Giant tortoise on Floreana Island in the Galápagos during a conservation effort to restore the native ecosystem.

Extinct for more than 150 years, 158 giant tortoises are returning to Floreana, and their return could revitalize an ecosystem that has been quietly deteriorating for generations

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April 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Aerial view of Greenland’s icy mountains and ice sheet near Camp Century, the Cold War base detected by NASA radar

“We were looking for rocks, but instead we found an abandoned nuclear bunker,” admits Alex Gardner: that day, 240 km off the coast of Greenland, when a research aircraft discovered tunnels laid out in a checkerboard pattern and secrets from 1959 that are now coming to light

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April 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM

Aerial view of a dark blackwater river or lake winding through dense forest in the Congo Basin

One of Earth’s major carbon sinks may be beginning to release carbon that has been stored for thousands of years, and signs of this are already appearing in two dark lakes in the Congo

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April 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Researchers excavate two 10-million-year-old whale fossils exposed by winter storms on a beach in Portugal

A storm uncovers two 10-million-year-old whales, and the discovery surprises Europe

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April 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM

Roaring brown bear in close-up as scientists report climate change may push bears toward more plant-based diets

Goodbye to the bear as a hunter: a new study reveals that more and more populations are shifting toward a plant-based diet

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April 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM

Beijing skyline showing clear air versus heavy smog as PM2.5 pollution hit a record low in 2025

Goodbye to pollution in Beijing: The city breaks its record for clean air and reaches a historic milestone that has surprised the whole world

By Kevin Montien

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April 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM

Large pipeline corridor in Riyadh carrying treated wastewater that feeds the flowing Wadi Hanifah desert river

Saudi Arabia is turning wastewater into an ever-expanding green corridor in the middle of the desert

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April 12, 2026 at 10:38 AM

307-million-year-old fossil skull of Tyrannoroter heberti, an early plant-eating land animal about the size of a soccer ball

A 307-million-year-old fossil the size of a soccer ball could change what we know about the origin of herbivorous animals

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April 12, 2026 at 8:35 AM

Africa is surprising the whole world with a phenomenon no one expected: trees are reappearing without anyone having planted them

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April 12, 2026 at 5:01 AM

Sargasso Sea floating sargassum mats in deep blue Atlantic waters, a shoreless sea that shapes marine life and climate

There is a body of water on Earth that is not bordered by any coastline and is warming rapidly

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April 11, 2026 at 1:14 PM

Wild boar standing in a green urban-edge habitat as DNA study links Berlin and Barcelona city boars to distinct urban populations

Seeing a wild boar near a playground or crossing a bike path might seem like a one-off visit from the forest, but genetics tells us a much stranger story: in Berlin and Barcelona, there are already urban populations that clearly differ from their rural counterparts, and that completely changes the way cities should act

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April 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM

Vista aérea de un lago de aguas negras rodeado por selva en la cuenca del Congo, donde científicos detectaron carbono antiguo de turba

A study published on February 23, 2026, uncovers a silent leak in two dark lakes in the Congo and reveals that up to 39% and 40% of the carbon they release comes from peat that accumulated thousands of years ago, offering a troubling clue to the great climate puzzle

By Kevin Montien

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April 11, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Baby loggerhead sea turtles cross a sandy nesting beach in Cabo Verde during hatching season

The beaches of Cape Verde seem to be teeming with loggerhead sea turtles like never before, but a 17-year study reveals the worrying side of this phenomenon: although they arrive earlier, they lay fewer eggs, nest less frequently, and take up to twice as long to return

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April 11, 2026 at 6:06 AM

Satellite view of the Atlantic Ocean showing a विशाल belt of brown sargassum seaweed stretching from West Africa toward the Caribbean.

The “brown ribbon” that can now be seen from space continues to grow in the Atlantic, and scientists warn that this is not just another simple stain

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April 10, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Construction concept rendering of Panama City’s proposed Canal Underline pedestrian and bicycle tunnel beneath the Panama Canal

The pedestrian and bicycle tunnel under the Panama Canal, which was on the verge of being approved in March 2026, is still on the table and promises something that once seemed almost impossible: crossing one of the main barriers to global trade on foot, without cars, without traffic jams, and without relying on bridges

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April 9, 2026 at 10:28 AM

Bird singing on a tree near a home during daytime linked to environmental health and mental well-being

If you hear birds singing in your home during the day, it’s not just background noise: science believes something very good might be happening around you… and inside you

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April 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Chicago Archaeopteryx fossil specimen showing preserved bones, feathers, and wing structure in limestone slab

An Archaeopteryx fossil dating back some 150 million years, hidden away for decades and reanalyzed using CT scans and ultraviolet light, has finally revealed a detail that could settle a scientific debate that has raged for more than 160 years over how bird flight began

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April 8, 2026 at 5:09 AM

Preserved squid specimen identified as Mobydickia poseidonii, a new squid family discovered from a sperm whale stomach sample

It all began with a strange, squid-like mass found in the stomach of a sperm whale in 1955 and 1956, and decades later, scientists discovered that it was something far stranger than anyone could have imagined

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April 6, 2026 at 3:19 AM

$For years, no one knew what those strange clay “chimneys” protruding from the ground in the Amazon were for, until a study published on February 23, 2026, came up with an answer that was as simple as it was brilliant$

For years, no one knew what those strange clay “chimneys” protruding from the ground in the Amazon were for, until a study published on February 23, 2026, came up with an answer that was as simple as it was brilliant