From NPR A work safety agency says last year’s eruption, which killed 22 people, was unexpected, but it wasn’t unforeseeable. The tragedy struck at New Zealand’s most active volcano. (Image…

From BBC shareSharenoclose Share pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightCasp/DeepMind/TagliabracciTomchick,UTSouthWestern One of biology’s biggest mysteries has been solved using artificial intelligence, experts have announced. Predicting how a protein folds into a…

In the arctic tundra of northeastern Siberia lies a graveyard of a now-extinct species of megafauna, the woolly rhinoceros, dating back 50,000 years. Now, a new genomic analysis of the…

The coronavirus pandemic delayed COP26, the United Nation’s annual climate summit, by a whole year. But it isn’t stopping youth climate activists from holding their own Conference of the Parties.…

Tim Beatley will humbly tell you that he’s not a birder. But in his new book, there are enough appearances by obscure members of the class Aves to suggest that…

From BBC shareSharenoclose Share pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightJeronimo Zuñiga/Amazon Frontlines An indigenous leader from the Ecuadorean Amazon is one of the winners of the Goldman environmental prize, which recognises…

JAKARTA — The arrest of Indonesia’s fisheries minister on bribery charges has prompted a freeze on exports of lobster larvae, but a top official has indicated this is unlikely to…

Six grassroots environmental activists will receive the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in a virtual ceremony this year. Dubbed the “Green Nobel Prize,” this award is given annually to environmental heroes…

From BBC shareSharenoclose Share pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing England’s countryside will radically change after the Brexit transition period, the government has confirmed. There will be more trees, meadows and wetlands –…