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Spring Is Springing Sooner, Throwing Nature’s Rhythms Out Of Whack
By: Nathan Rott | NPR
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A warming climate is knocking nature’s rhythms out of sync. High in the Rocky Mountains, scientists have been tracking the impact for decades.
VIDEO: “Snot Otters” Get A Second Chance In Ohio
By: Madeline K. Sofia | NPR
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North America’s largest amphibian, the Hellbender salamander, is in trouble. They are endangered in several states. A team in Ohio is trying to save them before it’s too late.
How Do Trees Collaborate?
By: NPR/TED Staff | NPR
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Ecologist Suzanne Simard shares how she discovered that trees use underground fungi networks to communicate and share resources, uprooting the idea that nature constantly competes for survival.
When Spiders Go Airborne, It’s Electric — Literally
By: Nell Greenfieldboyce | NPR
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Many spiders ply the skies by riding “balloons” of silk. And they rely on something more than just the wind to take them high up and far away.
LISTEN: How Do We Embrace All Kinds Of Nature?
By: NPR/TED Staff | NPR
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Environmental writer Emma Marris wants us to broaden our definition of nature to one that embraces urban and wild spaces in order learn to protect and care for it.