Environmental Protection
Protecting butterflies is a dangerous business in Mexico
A "Defender of the Monarch Butterfly" might have been murdered over his opposition to illegal logging.
Keeping wild elephants away from crops … with buzzing bees
Using beehives strung on wires around a cultivated plot can keep the pachyderms away, it has been found.
Environmental degradation ‘leads to gender-based exploitation’
When natural resources are limited, sexual violence and exploitation become more frequent.
Clearing can push forests beyond a tipping point
Not even the largest forests can withstand deforestation beyond a tipping point, scientists warn.
A warming world could make insect bites worse for plants
Insects play a vital part in the life of plants as pollinators. Yet they can also wreak havoc with plants.
Acidic ocean is dissolving crab shells earlier than predicted
“We found dissolution impacts to the crab larvae that were not expected to occur until much later in this century,” said Richard Feely, a senior NOAA marine scientist.