MARCH OF THE RED DEVIL
A fierce predator from the deep is taking over the eastern Pacific.
New Scientist
BLACK GOLD OF THE AMAZON
Secrets of that ancient “dark earth” could help solve the Amazon’s ecological problems today.
Discover
FOG FORESTS
Surrounded by dry scrub country, these ecological marvels thrive by literally feeding on air.
Discover
AVATAR ACTS
When the Matrix has you, what laws apply to settle conflicts?
Scientific American
EMBATTLED BIGHORNS
Drastic steps to save bighorn sheep lead to clashes and compromise across the West.
National Wildlife
UPHILL BATTLE
As the climate warms in the cloud forest of the Andes, plants and animals must climb to higher, cooler elevations or die.
Smithsonian
STARS IN THEIR EYES
The exquisite telescopes crafted by Alvan Clark and his sons helped make the lat half of the 19th century a golden age of astronomy.
Smithsonian
RARE EARTH
Soil scientists are tracking down rare and endangered soils in a quest to document – and preserve – “pedodiversity.”
Sciencemag.org
WHEN JUNIPER AND WOODY PLANTS INVADE, WATER MAY RETREAT
Dense plants are taking over grasslands in many areas; researchers in the U.S. Southwest are studing how they tap into water supplies – and how to kep them in check.
Science
TURNING INTO DUST
Around the globe, grasslands are turning to desert and free-flowing bits of dirt and rock are remaking the environment.
Discover
LEATHERBACKS
Leatherback is likely to become extinct in the next 10 years.
National Wildlife
WHAT’S YOUR POISON?
Buy a snake in a pet shop and you’ll probably be told it’s harmless. Don’t be so sure.
Magazine
MEXICO’S TURTLE WARS
How one country is battling poachers and saving sea turtles.
International Wildlife
CRAWLING TO OBLIVION
Invasive earthworms denude Great Lakes forests
Scientific American
GONE TODAY, HEAR TOMORROW
Lose the ear’s sensitive hair cells and your hearing goes with them.
New Scientist
A DRINK TO YOUR HEALTH
We’re talking water, h20, agua. And it does a lot more than quench your thirst.
Health
STEP LIGHTLY, PLEASE
Plenty of websites help you calculate and expunge the carbon footprint of your wanderlust. But is it best to just stay at home?
Audubon
VOLCANOES GET A KICK FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
Melting ice with make volcanic eruptions more frequent and more dangerous.
Hakai Magazine