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Down to Earth

Down to Earth

The biodiversity crisis, explained

Down to Earth

Water-hungry golf courses plague Arizona’s native javelina-filled landscape

By Benji Jones

Down to Earth

These strange underwater animals could save our lives. If we don’t destroy them first.

By Benji Jones

Health

Why the mosquito that spreads West Nile virus is becoming resistant to insecticides

By Keren Landman

It’s not just Paris. There’s a “global resurgence” of bedbugs.

By Benji Jones October 15

It’s clearer than ever that we’re pushing the Amazon rainforest to its dreaded demise

By Benji Jones October 8

Scientists will unleash an army of crabs to help save Florida’s dying reef

By Benji Jones September 27

Down to Earth, our project on the biodiversity crisis, explained

By Eliza Barclay and Brian Anderson April 12, 2021

I visited a beautiful coral reef in 2022. What I saw there this summer shocked me.

By Benji Jones September 21

The United States of Florida

Florida has become a zoo. A literal zoo.

By Benji Jones September 18

America’s most iconic coral reef is dying. Only one thing will save it.

By Benji Jones September 17

How cars ruin wild animals’ lives

By Marina Bolotnikova September 12

Rethinking the war on invasive species

By Bryan Walsh September 7

How sharks avoid the wrath of an extreme hurricane

By Benji Jones August 31

New York’s shark-infested waters are a good thing. Yes, really.

By Benji Jones August 8

This beetle’s sex is on fire. Literally.

By Benji Jones July 28

The ingenious tricks animals use to survive wildfires

By Benji Jones July 27

Birds have co-opted our anti-bird weapons in a genius counterattack

By Sigal Samuel July 26

Yes, bird flu is a threat. It’s time to take it seriously.

By Benji Jones July 17

The Vox guide to extreme heat

Beavers are heat wave heroes

By Benji Jones July 12

The alarming decline of Earth’s forests, in 4 charts

By Benji Jones June 27

The savage bug-eating plants of New Jersey

By Benji Jones June 17

Finally, a solution to plastic pollution that’s not just recycling

By Benji Jones June 7

In defense of flies. Yes, really.

By Benji Jones May 29

America’s best idea to protect its oceans has one big problem: It’s not working

By Benji Jones May 23

A giant patch of seaweed is growing to record sizes in the Atlantic. Sorry, Florida.

By Benji Jones May 11

A frightening virus is killing a massive number of wild birds

By Benji Jones May 9

The most mysterious forests on Earth are underwater

By Benji Jones May 3

Bringing back woolly mammoths and dodos is a bad idea

By Dayton Martindale April 26

The worst-case scenario for drought on the Colorado River

By Umair Irfan April 17

These adorable tiny owls are thriving in the most unlikely place

By Benji Jones April 15

The largest habitat on Earth is finally getting protection

By Benji Jones April 10

Palm oil is actually not that bad (anymore)

By Benji Jones February 2

Honey bees are not in peril. These bees are.

By Benji Jones January 19

The US was poised to pass the biggest environmental law in a generation. What went wrong?

By Benji Jones January 11

The mystery of the mimic plant

By Benji Jones January 11

Coming soon: Beef, coffee, and chocolate, without a side of environmental destruction

By Benji Jones January 10

Can capitalism and nature coexist?

By Benji Jones December 21, 2022

7 reasons our planet might not be doomed after all

By Benji Jones December 20, 2022

The world has a new plan to save nature. Here’s how it works — and how it could fail.

By Benji Jones December 19, 2022

World leaders are racing to protect nature — but the definition of one word is tripping them up

By Benji Jones December 15, 2022

World leaders have 2 weeks to agree on a plan to save nature

By Benji Jones December 7, 2022

No one knows what “nature-based solutions” are

By Benji Jones November 17, 2022

The surprising value of a small patch of grass

By Benji Jones November 3, 2022