climate crisis 150,000 nature illustrations from around the world enter the public domain thanks to the the Biodiversity Heritage Library Gareth Branwyn
Science Watch crane collapse onto boat, causing a terrible oil spill in the Galapagos Islands David Pescovitz
animals China plans to ban ivory trade "within a year or so." US official: Yes it's a "huge" deal. Xeni Jardin
marijuana That Arctic doomsday seed vault? There's backup copies of cannabis in there, too. Lots. Xeni Jardin
genetic engineering Meet the woolly mouse, the first step toward bringing back the woolly mammoth from extinction Allan Rose Hill