Ecology and environmental sciences

essayEvolution
Should we edit nature?
Countless species are dying from human-induced environmental change. Should we use genetic technology to alter and save them?
David Farrier

essayEarth science and climate
When sleeping volcanoes wake
The next global disaster may be triggered by a catastrophic eruption. How can we prepare for the fire beneath our feet?
Mike Cassidy

essayAnimals and humans
To build a nest
Throughout the animal kingdom, the parents of newborns must strive to create snug sanctuaries in a hazardous world
Helen Jukes

videoEcology and environmental sciences
Join endangered whooping cranes on their perilous migratory path over North America
6 minutes

videoEnvironmental history
In Kazakhstan, ‘atomic lakes’ still scar the landscape decades after Soviet nuclear tests
13 minutes

videoMeaning and the good life
Why Orwell urged his readers to celebrate the spring, cynics be damned
11 minutes

videoEarth science and climate
Images carved into film form a haunting elegy for a disappearing slice of Earth
3 minutes

videoAnimals and humans
Join seabirds as they migrate, encountering human communities along the way
13 minutes

videoBiology
‘Save the parasites’ may not be a popular rallying cry – but it could be a vital one
11 minutes

videoEvolution
The many ways a lizard tongue sticks, grasps, pinches and plops – in slo-mo
6 minutes

videoBiology
Starlings swoosh like brushstrokes across the sky in this dazzling short
3 minutes

essayEarth science and climate
The planetary fix
Despite decades of inaction we can avert the climate Hellocene and restore the atmosphere to keep our world habitable
Rob Jackson

videoEcology and environmental sciences
The tree frog die-off that sparked a global mystery – and revealed a dark truth
15 minutes

essayHome
How to lose your home
In a changing climate, the instinct is to save everything you can. But maybe letting go is braver – and better for the future?
Dan Hancox

videoKnowledge
Why it takes more than a lifetime to truly understand a single meadow
11 minutes

videoEcology and environmental sciences
GPS tracking reveals stunning insights into the patterns of migratory birds
6 minutes

videoBiology
A spectacular, close-up look at the starfish with a ‘hands-on’ approach to parenting
5 minutes

videoBiology
Beetles take flight at 6,000 frames per second in this perspective-shifting short
9 minutes

essayEcology and environmental sciences
Dominion
To take care of the Earth, humans must recognise that we are both a part of the animal kingdom and its dominant power
Hugh Desmond

essayThe environment
Decoupling
We need to find a way for human societies to prosper while the planet heals. So far we can’t even think clearly about it
Ville Lähde

videoEarth science and climate
The only man permitted in Bhutan’s sacred mountains chronicles humanity’s impact
22 minutes

videoEcology and environmental sciences
The ancient Hawaiian myth that sparked a modern ecological breakthrough
10 minutes

videoDeep time
When algae met fungi – the hidden story of life’s most successful partnership
4 minutes

videoEcology and environmental sciences
From helicopter flybys to trail cameras, there’s no one way to count a wolf
8 minutes