New Study Finds That Humans Should Kill Smaller, Younger Animals

When it comes to food, humans gravitate to the biggest item on the menu: overstuffed turkeys, 1,000-pound sturgeons, the fattest burger. But a new study in Science shows how our obsession with taking down the biggest prey is damaging the world’s wildlife....

Winter Is Coming. Here's What to Expect Around the Country.

This story originally appeared in Slate and is republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There’s a silver lining to all this talk of a super mega record-breaking Godzilla El Niño: The seasonal weather outlooks for this fall and winter...

New Monsanto Spray Kills Bugs by Messing With Their Genes

In a fascinating long piece in MIT Technology Review, Antonio Regalado examines the genetically modified seed industry’s latest blockbuster app in development—one that has nothing to do with seeds. Instead, it involves the industry’s other...

Hillary Clinton Just Came Out Against Obama's Arctic Drilling Plan

This story was originally published by the Huffington Post and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has agreed with the vast majority of President Barack Obama’s policies, but in a Tweet...

Your Meat-Eating Habit Is Killing More Than Just Cows

The earth is in the middle of its sixth mass extinction, and die-offs are happening more quickly than ever before. In a little over a century, the world has said goodbye to more than 400 species—and many biologists believe this is just the beginning. Scientists...

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