Earth

  1. Animals

    Birds versus windows

    Buildings in the United States can be deadly obstacles to flying birds. A new study estimates that as many as 1 billion birds die every year after colliding with windows. And low buildings — not skyscrapers — account for most of those deaths.

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  2. Earth

    Mining metals amidst seafloor animals

    Miners may need to get their feet — and everything else — wet as they carefully seek out loads of copper and other valuable natural resources.

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  3. Animals

    Sharks become science helpers

    Jaws may scare beachgoers. But sharks bring a smile to some environmental scientists, who are using the toothy fishes to collect data on the ocean.

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  4. Microbes

    Arctic thaw is spreading wildlife diseases

    Polar animals are encountering new, killer parasites as melting ice unlocks their access to new hosts.

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  5. Environment

    Oil harms fish hearts

    Oil spills in the ocean can perturb the beating of heart cells.

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  6. Animals

    First living fish leaves ‘endangered’ list

    Twenty-one years ago, a minnow facing a high risk of extinction was placed on the U.S. Endangered Species List. With help from scientists, the fish appears to have largely recovered. It’s the first ‘listed’ fish to do so.

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  7. Environment

    Does lightning sculpt mountains?

    A new study sparks debate about how much rubble on a mountainside has been blasted loose by powerful bolts from the sky.

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  8. Climate

    Mapping our carbon footprints

    Population density can determine how much of an impact modern communities have on the climate.

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  9. Earth

    Towering mounds: Can gophers be to blame?

    Scientists may have unearthed the source of Mima mounds, mysterious bumpy landscapes found on every continent except Antarctica.

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  10. Agriculture

    How to limit the need for pesticides

    The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests taking steps to limit children’s exposure to pesticides.

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  11. Animals

    Why are bees vanishing?

    Scientists find evidence that pesticides, disease and other threats are devastating bees. And that could hurt farmers big time.

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  12. Computing

    Cool Jobs: Paid to dream

    Some visionaries use science and engineering to see what our world could — and should — become

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