Why Teddy Roosevelt Is Popular on Both Sides of the Political Aisle
A historian considers the forces that have shaped the Rough Rider's presidential legacy in the decades since his death more than 100 years ago
Why Scientists Are Starting to Care About Cultures That Talk to Whales
Arctic people have been communicating with cetaceans for centuries. The rest of the world is finally listening in
How Children's Books Reveal Our Evolving Relationship With Whales
Storybooks feature a fair amount of factual errors—and those errors can be revealing
King of the Mud Dragons
Robert Higgins has spent his career dredging out tiny creatures from dirt and obscurity
Hawaii’s Last Outlaw Hippies
After half a century, the counterculture squatters of Kalalau Valley are facing a final eviction
In a World Striving To Cut Carbon Emissions, Do the Olympics Make Sense?
Perhaps there is still a case for the greenhouse-gas gushing games if host cities amplify their efforts to showcase green tech and innovations
How Driftwood Reshapes Ecosystems
In one of nature’s remarkable second acts, dead trees embark on transformative journeys
The Epic Fight Over the Enigmatic Eel
The slippery fish is at the center of a Canadian national debate about economics, conservation and Indigenous rights
The Pandemic Everyone Fears Is Flu In the Wrong Place At the Wrong Time
Governments should constantly be preparing for outbreaks, instead of just hastily responding to threats as they arise
How Drugged-Up Shellfish Help Scientists Understand Human Pollution
These involuntary medicine-guzzlers have much tell us about the consequences of pharmaceutical waste
It's Official: Fish Feel Pain
The verdict is in. But will our oceanic friends ever get the same legal protections as land animals?
An Unexpected Victim of Costa Rica's Drug Trade: Fish
The archipelago was once synonymous with tourism, sustainability and biodiversity. Now collapsing fisheries have led to turmoil
Scientists Are One Step Closer to a "Personalized" Flu Shot
While still decades away, new research shows how custom vaccines could be developed
The United States Is Not Ready for Another Flu Pandemic
You might think that today, if a pandemic like the 1918 flu hit, we'd be ready for it. You'd be wrong
No One’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf—And That’s a Problem
On Vancouver Island, habituation to humans has made wolves aggressive, fearless and more prone to clashes with people
How Japan's Bear-Worshipping Indigenous Group Fought Its Way to Cultural Relevance
For a long time, Japanese anthropologists and officials tried to bury the Ainu. It didn't work
A Whale’s Baleen Bristles Reveal the Story of Its Life
Like tree rings, these layered plates hold chemical clues to how the animals adapt to a changing world
One Scientist May Have Finally Figured Out the Mystery of Why a Civil War Submarine Sank
A Navy engineer used creative modeling and her knowledge of underwater explosions to tackle the century-old Hunley conundrum
What Humpback Whales Can Teach Us About Compassion
Are these orca-fighting, seal-saving good Samaritans really just in it for themselves?
How to Spot a Hidden Whale
Just as a hunter leaves a trail in the snow, a whale forms prints on the water’s surface
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