environment

February 28, 2023

An illustration of a mink with a virus particle as its eye

Science

Is ‘Instinct’ Really Keeping Flaco the Owl Alive?

Matteo Wong

February 26, 2023

Science

A Growing Fear of Nature Could Hasten Its Destruction

Emily Harwitz

February 26, 2023

Science

‘Synchronous Spawning’ Has Been Baffling Scientists for Centuries

Virat Markandeya

February 25, 2023

Planet

A Basic Premise of Animal Conservation Looks Shakier Than Ever

Emma Marris

February 22, 2023

A whale's tail appears above water with mountains in the background

Science

Junk Food Is Bad for You. Is It Bad for Raccoons?

Katherine J. Wu

February 21, 2023

a black-and-white photo of a raccoon eating on the edge of a garbage can

Science

Eagles Are Falling, Bears Are Going Blind

Katherine J. Wu

February 15, 2023

Photo of a seabird, suspected to have died from H5N1, as seen through a worker's legs

Science

The Cost of Killing Tiny Fish

Jack Darrell

February 12, 2023

Science

A ‘Distinctly Human’ Trait That Might Actually Be Universal

Katherine J. Wu

February 9, 2023

Planet

Fighting Climate Change Was Costly. Now It’s Profitable.

Emma Marris

February 8, 2023

Science

A Fisherman Died in 1952. Could Climate Change Be to Blame?

Chris Baraniuk

February 4, 2023

A rocklside in Greenland that killed a man in 1952

Planet

1.5 Degrees Was Never the End of the World

Emma Marris

February 1, 2023

An image of a protest sign that reads "1.5 degrees to stay alive."

Science

Labs Are Scooping Up Animals Killed by Wind Turbines

Emma Foehringer Merchant

January 29, 2023

Culture

The Meme That Defined a Decade

Megan Garber

January 26, 2023

A collage composed of the 'This Is Fine' comic as floor, walls, and ceiling of a room

Planet

The Fight Over California’s Ancient Water

Brett Simpson

January 23, 2023

Picture of a sprinkler system providing water to plants and trees at Cadiz Farms

Science

A ‘Carbon Bomb’ Lurks in America’s Marshlands

Christian Elliott

January 22, 2023

A photograph of a salt marsh -- the right side of the frame is tinged red

Science

Dust Lakes Keep Popping Up Across the West

Caroline Tracey

January 16, 2023

Science

Madagascar’s Fishers Are Stuck on Land

Ryan Lenora Brown

January 15, 2023

A man on the beach stands near several different-colored canoes.

Planet

Cities Really Can Be Both Denser and Greener

Emma Marris

January 12, 2023

Science

Can We Talk About How Weird Baby Mammals Are?

Katherine J. Wu

January 11, 2023

a human baby with a clear face, a baby cow with clear legs, a baby bat with clear legs, a kangaroo with clear arms

Science

The Ice Age Has Nothing on ‘Snowball Earth’

Chris Baraniuk

January 2, 2023

Family

What Squirrels Taught Me About Life After Divorce

Kelly McMasters

January 1, 2023

Books

Will Children’s Books Become Catalogs of the Extinct?

Tatiana Schlossberg

December 28, 2022

Fuzzy watercolor paintings of a gray whale, a yellow butterfly, and a brown bear

Science

Future Generations Might Never Get to Kiss Under the Mistletoe

Nicola Jones

December 25, 2022

Mistletoe in trees in Switzerland in front of a cloudy, snowy mountain

Science

How Glass Frogs Weave the World’s Best Invisibility Cloak

Katherine J. Wu

December 22, 2022

side by side gifs of a frog's underside; on the left, the frog is redder and harder to see through; on the right, the frog is translucent green, with a white blob in the center

Health

Consider Armadillo COVID

Yasmin Tayag

December 19, 2022

An illustration of a deer hide with dots on it.

Science

An Unmistakable Stain in America’s Most Pristine Rivers

Emily Schwing

December 18, 2022

The Salmon River in the Brooks Range runs orange in the early fall of 2020.

Science

Mumbai Has ‘Flamingo Fever’

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

December 17, 2022

tons of pink flamingoes in front of Mumbai

Technology

Why Doesn’t Every American Have a Robot Dog?

Kaitlyn Tiffany

December 16, 2022

A photograph of three Poo-Chi devices and their little dog bones

The Atlantic Daily

What Fusion May Mean for a Carbon-Free Future

Jerusalem Demsas

December 15, 2022

Transmission towers near the CenterPoint Energy power plant in Houston, Texas

Technology

TikTok Told Me to Adopt a Pigeon

Sarah Sloat

December 15, 2022

A close-up photo of a pigeon with people in the background

Science

Surprise! Snakes Have Clitorises

Katherine J. Wu

December 13, 2022

the head of a snake with gold, brown, and black scales on red sand

Science

Some Indigenous People Crushed Up Dead Clams. Maybe We Should Too?

Jen Schmidt

December 10, 2022

Science

‘Biological Strip Malls’ Have Taken Over the Planet

Ashley Braun

December 10, 2022

Science

The ‘Mother of the Year’ Who Starved for 53 Months

Sabrina Imbler

December 5, 2022

Sketch of a pink octopus with flecks of other colors

Science

Fur Seals Made a Tremendous Comeback. That Might Be a Problem.

Sean Mowbray

December 3, 2022

fur seal nestled in lush vegetation in Antarctica

Sections

The Print Edition

We Have a Mink Problem

Is ‘Instinct’ Really Keeping Flaco the Owl Alive?

A Growing Fear of Nature Could Hasten Its Destruction

‘Synchronous Spawning’ Has Been Baffling Scientists for Centuries

A Basic Premise of Animal Conservation Looks Shakier Than Ever

Junk Food Is Bad for You. Is It Bad for Raccoons?

Eagles Are Falling, Bears Are Going Blind

The Cost of Killing Tiny Fish

A ‘Distinctly Human’ Trait That Might Actually Be Universal

Fighting Climate Change Was Costly. Now It’s Profitable.

A Fisherman Died in 1952. Could Climate Change Be to Blame?

1.5 Degrees Was Never the End of the World

Labs Are Scooping Up Animals Killed by Wind Turbines

The Meme That Defined a Decade

The Fight Over California’s Ancient Water

A ‘Carbon Bomb’ Lurks in America’s Marshlands

Dust Lakes Keep Popping Up Across the West

Madagascar’s Fishers Are Stuck on Land

Cities Really Can Be Both Denser and Greener

Can We Talk About How Weird Baby Mammals Are?

The Ice Age Has Nothing on ‘Snowball Earth’

What Squirrels Taught Me About Life After Divorce

Will Children’s Books Become Catalogs of the Extinct?

Future Generations Might Never Get to Kiss Under the Mistletoe

How Glass Frogs Weave the World’s Best Invisibility Cloak

Consider Armadillo COVID

An Unmistakable Stain in America’s Most Pristine Rivers

Mumbai Has ‘Flamingo Fever’

Why Doesn’t Every American Have a Robot Dog?

What Fusion May Mean for a Carbon-Free Future

TikTok Told Me to Adopt a Pigeon

Surprise! Snakes Have Clitorises

Some Indigenous People Crushed Up Dead Clams. Maybe We Should Too?

‘Biological Strip Malls’ Have Taken Over the Planet

The ‘Mother of the Year’ Who Starved for 53 Months

Fur Seals Made a Tremendous Comeback. That Might Be a Problem.