environment

March 15, 2024

Picture of an endangered black-footed ferret

Science

Fruit Chaos Is Coming

Zoë Schlanger

March 11, 2024

A peach with a lit wick where the stem would be, like a firecracker.

Books

Do Animals Have Fun?

Sallie Tisdale

April 2024 Issue

illustration of playful purple dog and blue dog romping with tongues out, surrounded by striped balls and bees

Planet

The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone

Marina Koren

March 7, 2024

An illustration of the ocean, rendered in deep blues and greens, with two spheres of orange overlayed on top of it

Planet

Goodbye to Biden’s First Climate Envoy

Zoë Schlanger

March 4, 2024

Science

A Persistent Lightning Mystery Has Finally Been Solved

Chris Vagasky

March 3, 2024

Lightning strikes above a small city at nighttime, a Joshua tree in the foreground.

Science

How First Contact With Whale Civilization Could Unfold

Ross Andersen

February 24, 2024

A diver descends toward the head of a sperm whale swimming perpendicular to the surface.

The Atlantic Daily

Go Ahead, Get a Pet Rat

Elaine Godfrey

February 23, 2024

Planet

There’s Only One Way to Fix Air Pollution Now

Zoë Schlanger

February 21, 2024

Dark afternoon smoke from the Alamo Fire burning in the nearby coastal mountains, within view of the Pacific Ocean, creates an eerie, surreal scene on July 9, 2017, near Santa Maria, California.

Science

The Secret of Plant ‘Sight’

Asher Elbein

February 19, 2024

Gif of white arabidopsis, radiating a yellow outline

Science

Anchorage Fell in Love With a White Raven

Ash Adams

February 15, 2024

A white raven sitting on a snow-covered roof next to an American flag in Anchorage, Alaska

Science

Great Apes Know Just How Much to Annoy One Another

Katherine J. Wu

February 13, 2024

an orangutan covers the eyes of another orangutan from behind

Science

A Climate Reckoning Is Coming for the Next President

Zoë Schlanger

February 12, 2024

Two black mailboxes in the foreground partially obscure stacks of an industrial facility billowing white steam in the background

Science

Anchovies Are a Force to Be Reckoned With

Christina Couch

February 11, 2024

Science

The ‘Unthinkable’ New Reality About Bedbugs

Ute Eberle

February 10, 2024

A black-and-white graphic of a giant bedbug on top of a red bedspread, against a red backdrop

Science

The Bird That Took a Human Mate

Elaine Godfrey

February 10, 2024

Science

Northern Alaska Is Running Out of Rocks

Emily Schwing

February 3, 2024

Science

Nature Doesn’t Care Where a Species Is From

Emma Marris

February 2, 2024

Ideas

Don’t San Francisco–ize Clean Energy

Christopher S. Elmendorf

January 28, 2024

Planet

Why Biden Handed Climate Activists a Huge Victory

Zoë Schlanger

January 26, 2024

Time-Travel Thursdays

A Counterintuitive Effect of Global Warming

Zoë Schlanger

January 25, 2024

A GIF of many orange arrows moving, showing the pattern of ocean-current circulation

Science

How One Tiny Insect Upended an Ecosystem

Katherine J. Wu

January 25, 2024

An illustration of a globe centered on Africa, with red ants crawling from the bottom of the image to converge on Kenya

Planet

Prepare for a ‘Gray Swan’ Climate

Zoë Schlanger

January 22, 2024

The Earth in grayscale, against a black background

Ideas

The Culture War Tearing American Environmentalism Apart

Jerusalem Demsas

January 18, 2024

A suburban neighborhood captured through the window of a house in construction

Science

Military Emissions Are Too Big to Keep Ignoring

Zoë Schlanger

January 17, 2024

1159th Medical Company flies Black Hawks evacuating injured U.S. soldiers, Iraqi forces and civilians to the FOB Speicher Hospital and Balad Air Force Hospital, in Iraq, April 5, 2005.

Ideas

A Slightly Hotter World Could Still Be a Better One

Hannah Ritchie

January 17, 2024

Image of an orchard next to an image of a big yellow sun in a red sky

Health

Pets Really Can Be Like Human Family

Katherine J. Wu

January 16, 2024

a brown, pointy-eared dog, wrapped in a blanket, gazes up at the camera

Poem

Poem for Falling Bodies

Carolina Hotchandani

January 14, 2024

a beige snake twisted around itself against a beige background

Science

A Surprising Success Story for Humpback Whales

Douglas Main

January 13, 2024

The Atlantic Daily

The Feeling of Losing Snow

Lora Kelley

January 11, 2024

Two people under a red umbrella walk in a snowy Central Park

Planet

The Threshold at Which Snow Starts Irreversibly Disappearing

Zoë Schlanger

January 10, 2024

A person holds an umbrella in the wet and snowy city

Science

Grizzly Bears Are Mostly Vegan

Katherine J. Wu

January 10, 2024

a black-and-white photo of several brown bears walking across a grassy plain, in front of mountains

Health

We Got Lucky With the Mystery Dog Illness

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

January 7, 2024

A sad big eyed dog infected with parvovirus

Science

A Major Climate Force Has Been Ignored for Decades

Bathsheba Demuth

January 4, 2024

Color photo of an arctic vole resting on small tundra plants

Science

An Incurable Disease Is Coming for Deer

Erika Howsare

December 30, 2023

Science

America Lost Its One Perfect Tree

Katherine J. Wu

December 24, 2023

on the left, a color rendering of an American chestnut tree; on the right, a grainy black and white image of an American chestnut tree; the two images are joined in the middle at the trees' trunk

Sections

The Print Edition

How Long Should a Species Stay on Life Support?

Fruit Chaos Is Coming

Do Animals Have Fun?

The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone

Goodbye to Biden’s First Climate Envoy

A Persistent Lightning Mystery Has Finally Been Solved

How First Contact With Whale Civilization Could Unfold

Go Ahead, Get a Pet Rat

There’s Only One Way to Fix Air Pollution Now

The Secret of Plant ‘Sight’

Anchorage Fell in Love With a White Raven

Great Apes Know Just How Much to Annoy One Another

A Climate Reckoning Is Coming for the Next President

Anchovies Are a Force to Be Reckoned With

The ‘Unthinkable’ New Reality About Bedbugs

The Bird That Took a Human Mate

Northern Alaska Is Running Out of Rocks

Nature Doesn’t Care Where a Species Is From

Don’t San Francisco–ize Clean Energy

Why Biden Handed Climate Activists a Huge Victory

A Counterintuitive Effect of Global Warming

How One Tiny Insect Upended an Ecosystem

Prepare for a ‘Gray Swan’ Climate

The Culture War Tearing American Environmentalism Apart

Military Emissions Are Too Big to Keep Ignoring

A Slightly Hotter World Could Still Be a Better One

Pets Really Can Be Like Human Family

Poem for Falling Bodies

A Surprising Success Story for Humpback Whales

The Feeling of Losing Snow

The Threshold at Which Snow Starts Irreversibly Disappearing

Grizzly Bears Are Mostly Vegan

We Got Lucky With the Mystery Dog Illness

A Major Climate Force Has Been Ignored for Decades

An Incurable Disease Is Coming for Deer

America Lost Its One Perfect Tree