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As Animals Migrate Because of Climate Change, Thousands of New Viruses Will Hop From Wildlife to Humans—and Mitigation Won’t Stop Them

“We can’t put this one back in the bottle,” said the researcher behind a recent study about the spread of zoonotic diseases.

By Victoria St. Martin

Purple urchins consume the remainder of a small giant kelp. In the background, an urchin barren has cleared the majority of nearby kelp and algae leaving an environment less hospitable for many species. Credit: Michael Langhans

In the Pacific, Global Warming Disrupted The Ecological Dance of Urchins, Sea Stars And Kelp. Otters Help Restore Balance.

By Mallory Pickett and Bob Berwyn

California Ranchers and Activists Face Off Over a Federal Plan to Cull a Beloved Tule Elk Herd

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Trump Plan Would Open Huge Area of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve to Drilling

By Sabrina Shankman

Dead Birds Washing Up by the Thousands Send a Warning About Climate Change

By Sabrina Shankman

Ocean Warming Is Speeding Up, with Devastating Consequences, Study Shows

By Bob Berwyn

Alaska’s Big Whale Mystery: Where Are the Bowheads?

By Sabrina Shankman

A Marine Heat Wave Intensifies, with Risks for Wildlife, Hurricanes and Wildfires

By Bob Berwyn

After a recent mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, researchers found a sharp drop there in the diversity of fish species that rely on reef habitats. Credit: Laura Richardson/ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies

Australia Cuts Outlook for Great Barrier Reef to ‘Very Poor’ for First Time

By JAMIE SMYTH, FINANCIAL TIMES

Environmental Groups Sue to Block Trump's Endangered Species Act Rule Changes

By Georgina Gustin

Trump Weakens Endangered Species Protections, Including on Climate Change

By Sabrina Shankman

Global Warming Is Pushing Pacific Salmon to the Brink, Federal Scientists Warn

By Bob Berwyn

Mass Die-Off of Puffins Raises More Fears About Arctic's Warming Climate

By Sabrina Shankman

Grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park. Jim Peaco/Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone’s Grizzly Bears Are Wandering Farther from Home and More Are Dying

By JOHNATHAN HETTINGER

The Impossibly Cute Pika's Survival May Say Something About Our Own Future

By Nicholas Kusnetz

No Place to Hide: Global Warming Hitting Ocean Species Harder than Land Animals

By Bob Berwyn

Saving Ecosystems to Protect the Climate, and Vice Versa: a Global Deal for Nature

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Global Warming Is Pushing the Arctic Toward an ‘Unprecedented State,’ Research Shows

By Bob Berwyn

Spring Is Coming Earlier to Wildlife Refuges, and Migrating Birds Need to Catch Up

By Neela Banerjee

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