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Over the past decade, Prickly Pear East, a small, privately owned island in the Caribbean, has become a beacon of hope for a critically endangered lizard. The islet, near the main island of Anguilla, a British territory, is one of…
Ana Vaz monitored crucial fish stocks in the Southeast and the Gulf of Mexico until she lost her job at NOAA.
The city’s pending budget is expected to unlock more assistance for West Side residents, more than two years after summer flooding damaged their homes. By Leigh Giangreco CHICAGO—Two-and-a-half years after Dorothy Rosenthal’s home on the West Side flooded, she is…
Indigenous and rural communities in Ecuador’s Amazon have condemned an international arbitration ruling that ordered Ecuador to pay more than $220 million to U.S. oil giant Chevron. The sum is to compensate the company for alleged denial of justice in…
A new study published this month in the journal Environmental Politics reveals that efforts to repress climate and environmental protest are growing worldwide through a combination of new legislation, novel uses of existing legal processes, police actions, vilification of activists,…
Meg O’Neill of Australia’s Woodside Energy will lead the London energy giant, replacing Murray Auchincloss, who will exit after less than two years in the role.
Archaeologists find evidence of some kind of “horrible event” in the hills of southern Scotland.
The molluscs are decimating food chains in Switzerland, have devastated the Great Lakes in the US, and this week were spotted in Northern Ireland for the first time Like cholesterol clogging up an artery, it took just a couple of…
Diego Cardeñosa always knew he wanted to study sharks. But when he started his Ph.D., he had to make a choice: tagging sharks in the field — the “fun,” typically more-sought-after path — or studying their DNA in a lab.…
The president’s political feud and his budget chief’s drive to end climate research have put the National Center for Atmospheric Research at risk. By Marianne Lavelle One of the world’s leading climate, weather and wildfire science research institutions is being…