Protect the Future of Ice Cream... by Eating Ice Cream
Häagen-Dazs pitches in to protect the honeybee. 03.20.2008
George Schaller's Grand Plan to Save the Marco Polo Sheep
"Obviously humans are evolution’s greatest mistake," says the conservationist. 02.21.2008
86. World’s First Trees Unearthed
01.15.2008
92. First Fossil Of A Leaf Insect Found
01.15.2008
69. Frozen Baby Mammoth Unearthed
01.11.2008
57. Distinctive Dinosaur Death Throes
01.09.2008
Death By Cosmic Pinball
Astronomers triangulate the source of the dinosaur destroyer. 12.03.2007
Hearing the Footsteps of Extinct Animals
Researchers infer how animals moved by studying inner-ear gyroscopes. 09.20.2007
What Caused the Great American Extinction?
A comet may have decimated native animals—and culture. 07.25.2007
Think Tank
Top scientists pinpoint the greatest discoveries of the last 25 years and predict wonders yet to come 07.07.2005
Tusk Tales
A trail of DNA may lead us to the killers of Africa's elephants 06.05.2005
Endangered by Association
04.28.2005
The Day Everything Died
The big knockdown fight in science these days is a debate about a cataclysm that occurred 250 million years ago 04.28.2005
On the Brink of Extinction
03.31.2005
Discover Dialogue: Conservationist Laurie Marker
We have loved the animal to near extinction 03.31.2005
Earth Without People
What would happen to our planet if the mighty hand of humanity simply disappeared? 02.06.2005
49: Endangered Species Act Reconsidered
01.03.2005
77: Comet Caused Nuclear Winter
01.03.2005
Environment
01.02.2004
What Caused the Biggest Kill of All?
12.03.2003
When Good Trees Go Bad
Could a massive marine extinction have been caused by . . . trees? 11.18.2003
Works in Progress
The bug that can lead to peptic ulcers and stomach cancer is going extinct—for better or worse 02.01.2003
Lights Out for the Birds
08.01.2002
Did an Asteroid Really Dust the Dinosaurs?
05.01.2002
By the Numbers: For Richer or Poorer
02.01.2002
Works in Progress
What could have wiped out 95 percent of marine life—not to mention 70 percent of all species on land? 10.01.2001
The Cold Zone
Testing a new theory of mammoth extinction in 02.01.2001
20 Species We Might Lose
And then there were none. 10.01.2000
Bad Medicine for Mother Earth
08.01.2000
Hanging by a Thread
With all but a quarter of Hawaii's native birds extinct or endangered, and its other species dying off faster than the dinosaurs, some island ecologists are risking their lives to save what's left 02.01.2000
The Frog Killer
11.01.1998
Chain of Craters
08.01.1998
Surf's Up, Dinos Are Down
07.01.1998
The Year in Science: Animals 1997
A Plague on Frogs 01.01.1998
The Year in Science: Animals 1997
A Plague on Frogs 01.01.1998
The Year in Science: Earth 1997
Craters Without Impact 01.01.1998
Mass Extinctions Come to Ohio
To appreciate the global biodiversity catastrophe, you don't need to go to Madagascar or Sarawak. A river in Ohio will do. 06.01.1997
When North America Burned
02.01.1997
Death by Seltzer
01.01.1997
Bad Tidings for Manatees
01.01.1997
Thermal Vulture
10.01.1996
Cricket Comeback
01.01.1996
Cougars to the Rescue
01.01.1996
Carriers of Extinction
07.01.1995
Cat Fight
Fewer than 50 Florida panthers are left. But not everyone agrees that we should rush to save them. 07.01.1992