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When species are described as ‘destructive’ or ‘harmful’ without sufficient context, it can shape how people perceive and treat them. Beata Whitehead/Moment via Getty Images

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The cost of casting animals as heroes and villains in conservation science

Staff Writer - February 26, 2026

The National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, hosts a supercomputer that scientists rely on for weather and climate research. National Science Foundation

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Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate risks depends on supercomputers like NCAR’s

Backcountry skiing can be risky, particularly after heavy, wet snow. AscentXmedia/E+ via Getty Images

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Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and skier explains, with tips for surviving

Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil. Seogi/500px via Getty Images

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Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the result can shift mountain grasslands to scrub

Coffee farming is critical to the economies of several African countries. Wang Guansen/Xinhua via Getty Images

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Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes – researchers are ‘resurrecting’ their genomes to understand how and why

Colorado ski resorts faced sparse snow conditions in early 2025. Hyoung Chang/Getty Images

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Colorado ski resorts got some welcome snowfall from Winter Storm Fern,...

Staff Writer - January 27, 2026

As part of the Artemis II mission, humans will fly around the Moon for the first time in decades. Roberto Moiola/Sysaworld via Getty Images

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NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US...

Staff Writer - January 27, 2026

Boston and much of the U.S. faced a cold winter blast in January 2026. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

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How the polar vortex and warm ocean are intensifying a major...

Staff Writer - January 25, 2026

Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanese villages on Sept. 23, 2024. AP Photo / Hussein Malla

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Lebanon’s orchards have been burnt, wildlife habitat destroyed by Israeli strikes...

Staff Writer - January 22, 2026

The moment you look away from those adorable eyes, these mischievous creatures will sneak out of your lab. Joshua J. Cotten/Unsplash, CC BY-SA

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Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks –...

Staff Writer - January 18, 2026

A Chinese visitor looks at condoms at the Beijing International Sex Supplies Exhibition. Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images

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China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s...

Staff Writer - January 15, 2026

Phytoplankton blooms, seen by satellite in the Baltic Sea, pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. European Space Agency via Flickr, CC BY-SA

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Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our...

Staff Writer - January 14, 2026

Observing the night sky can get kids interested in astronomy and STEM careers. Jeremy Thomas/Unsplash

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Rural areas have darker skies but fewer resources for students interested...

Staff Writer - January 13, 2026

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Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

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Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

Staff Writer - February 12, 2026

Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Portland cement, widely used for concrete, is responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Photovs/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly

February 12, 2026

There is still a great deal unknown about RNA and its modifications. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome −...

February 10, 2026

A farmer near Quemado, Texas, prepares to take hay to cattle amid the drought in June 2022. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers bracing...

February 9, 2026

A baby orangutan was seized by Thai police in an anti-trafficking operation in May 2025. Thai police Central Investigation Bureau via AP

New technologies are stepping up the global fight against wildlife trafficking

February 8, 2026