American Kestrels Are in a Puzzling Decline
Could a surge in the population of Cooper’s hawks be limiting kestrel habitat? What’s happening to kestrels’ winter habitat? In the spring, do agricultural fields...
In Search of Iceberg Alley’s Spectacular Show
“I never trust the mind of an iceberg,” Cecil Stockley told me. He estimates its length, multiplies by five and keeps his boat at least...
How Did Birds First Take Off?
In 1993, “Jurassic Park” helped inspire 9-year-old Stephen Brusatte to become a paleontologist. So Dr. Brusatte was thrilled to advise the producers of last year’s...
Richard Revesz and His Agency Are Remaking the Pollution Fight
This spring the Biden administration proposed or implemented eight major environmental regulations, including the nation’s toughest climate rule, rolling out what experts say are the...
State Farm Stops Offering Insurance in California
The climate crisis is becoming a financial crisis. This month, the largest homeowner insurance company in California, State Farm, announced that it would stop selling...
Biden Administration Bans Oil and Gas Drilling Around Chaco Canyon
The News The Biden administration took action on Friday to block new oil and gas leasing on federal land around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico,...
2 Dead Humpback Whales Seen Floating Off Coast of New York
Two dead humpback whales have been spotted floating in waters not far from New York City, the federal authorities said on Thursday, in another worrying...
Sparrows Are the Main Suspects in a Bird-Nest Murder
To Mulvihill, killing house sparrows is an all-too-typical human response. “Let’s be honest,” he said. “If bluebirds and eastern phoebes have an enemy, it is...
Debt Deal Includes a Green Light for a Contentious Pipeline
Environmental activists are enraged by the deal struck between President Biden and Republicans to raise the debt ceiling because it would also expedite construction of...
With a New, Improved ‘Einstein,’ Puzzlers Settle a Math Problem
In March, a team of mathematical tilers announced their solution to a storied problem: They had discovered an elusive “einstein” — a single shape that...
Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply Dwindles
Arizona has determined that there is not enough groundwater for all of the housing construction that has already been approved in the Phoenix area, and...
Honeybee Swarms Darken U.K. Skies, Sending Beekeepers Scrambling
The sight is one that beekeepers say is understandably intimidating to the ordinary person out for a walk: a sliver of sky suddenly darkening amid...
No One Knows How Many L.G.B.T.Q. Americans Die by Suicide
Cory Russo, the chief death investigator in Utah, is used to asking strangers questions at the most excruciating moments of their lives. When she shows...
Flattened Ichthyosaur Fossil Gets New Life With X-ray Vision
While exploring an Arctic mountaintop in 2008, paleontologists unearthed a small skeleton that resembled a coiled sea serpent imprinted into a slab of 240 million-year-old...