In Zimbabwe, Rhinos Are the Focus of a Village Tourism Project
“We are very happy you are here,” Mr. Sibanda said to our group. In 2022, Mr. Butcher teamed up with Ngamo’s leaders for a pilot project that introduced a different…
Could Trump Use the ‘God Squad’ to Override Environmental Law?
In at least two executive orders since he took office last week, President Trump has invoked a panel with a telling nickname: the God Squad. The committee is made up…
Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water
The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Trump that laid out a plan to exert the federal government’s role in California’s complex water management operations and…
Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water
The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Trump that laid out a plan to exert the federal government’s role in California’s complex water management operations and…
What’s That Stench? A Corpse Flower Blooming at Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
There is no shortage of unpleasant odors in New York City: overflowing garbage on the sidewalk, unmentionable substances in the subway, traffic fumes and more. This week, yet another foul…
Nevada’s Lithium Could Help Save the Earth. But What Happens to Nevada?
Donnelly, who dropped out of college and moved to the Mojave Desert in the early 2000s, took a different path to their work in the basin. (He eventually earned his…
Extinct Human Species Lived in a Brutal Desert, Study Finds
Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans live only in the jungles of Indonesia. But humans live pretty much everywhere. Our species has spread across frozen tundras, settled…
Biden Administration Withdraws Proposal to Expand Protections for Rare Whales
The Biden administration on Thursday withdrew a proposal to expand protections for an endangered whale species. The rules would have required some ships along the Eastern Seaboard to slow down.…