Lands & Waters

Rx against street violence: scuba

Conservationists, the Olympics, and an indignant porcupine keep mountaintop-removal coal mining out of a wildlife paradise

They suck blood, spread disease, eat their mates, and inspire great horror films. But insects need protection—maybe even a little love.

The unicorns of the sea are threatened by rising water temperatures

U.S. coal-fired power plants pump more than 48 tons of mercury into the air each year

A Great Plains native finds his way home

How the Sierra Club's 1960s lawsuit stopped Disney from turning Mineral King into a ski resort

We're still killing the creatures with the biggest brains on the planet—to make dog food

This is a water planet. Seen from space, the whole sphere glows blue.

Preserving the ocean’s bounty by eating wisely