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The Great Outdoors

Turn off your mindfulness apps and enjoy the serenity of the natural world, says Sir David Attenborough

The Japanese Art of Midway

The West generally knows two ways of dealing with nature: cutting it down or leaving it untouched. In Japan, there’s a middle ground

Earth to Mom

Cazzie David interviews her mother, the environmentalist Laurie David, on what we can do in our day-to-day lives to protect the planet

Roiling in the Deep

The deep sea has so far managed to evade human intervention. Now mining companies are threatening Earth’s last frontier

A Bug’s Life

In the fight to save the planet, the extraordinary lives of insects are going overlooked

The Hamptons’ Secret Shame

Why do some of the most expensive homes in the country surround one of its most polluted lakes?

Where the Wild Things Are

A women-led photography initiative aims to raise $1 million to support the protection of endangered habitats

War of the Rosewood

How a Chinese status symbol became an environmental emergency

The Social Network

A new book takes readers inside the dynamic social lives of animals, from army ants to orcas to chimpanzees

The Lost City of Z, Discovered at Last

How modern technology uncovered the remains of a vast civilization hidden deep in the Amazon

The Great White Toilet

Sewage dumped by American cruise ships is destroying Canada’s pristine waters

Under a Killing Sun

A tale of two cities, trying to survive life (and death) at 125 degrees Fahrenheit

The Apocalypse in Charts

Published 50 years ago, the Club of Rome’s bracing and best-selling environmental report, The Limits to Growth, changed the way we think—if not the way we live

Animal Magic

How a baby African elephant, orphaned at just three days old, found refuge in the companionship of older elephants with similar backgrounds

Private-Jet Paradox

Wanna take mine or yours? Will the climate crisis ground the use of private planes or simply make the elite more secretive?

A Snake in the Everglades

Ron DeSantis wants to save Florida’s cherished Everglades while promoting an aggressive anti-climate-change agenda. One of the state’s largest environmental charities is helping him with his greenwashing

The Trouble with Tequila

Its explosive popularity has disrupted the delicate relationship between agave plants and the bats that pollinate them. But scientist Rodrigo Medellín is here to help

What the Heck Is an “Unabated” Fossil Fuel?

One wonky word favored by oil companies could doom the earth once and for all

Apocalypse Now

As Earth Day approaches, Edward Burtynsky’s haunting aerial photographs confront the stark reality of humankind’s industrial impact on the planet