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How does this bird know how to sew?

Vox reader Stefanos Nasiopoulos asks: How do instincts work in animals? Do they use the same mechanism as memories? How are they different from...

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Where billions of cicadas are about to emerge, in one map

Oh, to be a cicada.  For the last 17 years, a group of cicadas known as Brood XIV has been buried several inches underground, doing very little. This...

06.05.2025 10

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Trump May Loathe Wind Energy, But This Red State Loves It

Trump May Loathe Wind Energy, But This Red State Loves It

This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If you drive across Iowa,...

24.04.2025 1

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Trump hates wind energy. Here, his supporters love it.

If you drive across Iowa, you’ll probably notice two things aside from the many farms: Trump signs and wind turbines. Iowa is Trump country. While...

22.04.2025 9

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Why Australia is shooting koalas out of trees from helicopters

The koala is a national icon of Australia. And in some parts of the country, these marsupials — known for their fluffy ears, adorable clingy babies,...

18.04.2025 2

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The fate of this beloved American creature is in Trump’s hands

In late 2021, I stood in a forest about two hours from Mexico City and watched as a river of butterflies passed overhead. They were monarchs — the...

17.04.2025 8

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Oops, we accidentally drugged the world’s fish

For those of us with anxiety (hello!), the class of prescription drugs known as benzodiazepines, or benzos, can be a boon in times of crisis. Though...

10.04.2025 4

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The Extraordinary Reason Why Scientists Are Collecting Sea Turtle Tears

This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Each year, in late spring and...

05.04.2025 8

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The extraordinary reason why scientists are collecting sea turtle tears

Each year, in late spring and early summer, female sea turtles will crawl out of the ocean under moonlight to lay their eggs in the sand, often...

01.04.2025 30

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A marine biologist discovered something incredible in a beer bottle on the seafloor

This story was produced in collaboration with The Dodo. One morning this week, Hanna Koch was snorkeling in the Florida Keys when she came across a...

28.03.2025 4

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We got rid of acid rain. Now something scarier is falling from the sky.

In the 1970s, acid rain was one of the most serious environmental threats in North America and Europe. The air was so laden with pollution from coal...

10.03.2025 9

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These Unique Black-Footed Ferrets Are on the Edge of Extinction. Trump’s Cuts May Well Do Them in.

This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the open grasslands of South...

28.02.2025 10

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This animal is on the edge of extinction. Trump just fired the people trying to save it.

In the open grasslands of South Dakota, not far from the dramatic rock formations of Badlands National Park, lives one of the continent’s cutest,...

27.02.2025 100

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Trump’s job cuts at this overlooked agency put every American at risk

President Donald Trump says he wants the US to have the cleanest air and water on the planet — a desire, unsurprisingly, shared by all...

21.02.2025 90

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The crisis coming for our national parks, explained in two charts

America’s beloved national parks face a problem that could, in a matter of weeks, grow into a full-blown crisis.  The number of people visiting...

19.02.2025 10

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US Fish and Wildlife Service Has Halted Critical Conservation Funding

This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US Fish and Wildlife Service,...

19.02.2025 20

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The Tiny Texas Reptile Testing the “Drill, Baby, Drill” Agenda

This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. While President Donald Trump has...

16.02.2025 8

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Leaked emails show the nation’s leading wildlife agency has halted critical funding for conservation

The US Fish and Wildlife Service, the nation’s only government agency dedicated to conserving plants and animals, has frozen its vast portfolio of...

15.02.2025 80

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The tiny lizard that will test Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” agenda

While President Donald Trump has caused chaos and confusion in his first few weeks in office, he’s made one thing very clear: His administration...

10.02.2025 4

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Benji Jones

The far right is going … green?

“In my view, climate change is real and it is an existential threat.”  “My inclination is to take dams down.” “The toxic chemicals that...

04.02.2025 3

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Florida’s iconic corals aren’t having babies anymore. Scientists are alarmed.

Once a year, typically after sunset in the late summer, the coral baby-making process begins. Large colonies of coral spawn, spewing out sperm and...

04.02.2025 10

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Get ready: Your city’s rat problem is likely going to get a lot worse

If we are, as some city officials have said, in a war with rats, we are clearly losing. We’ve been losing for years. Although cities have ramped up...

31.01.2025 6

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RFK Jr. and the new far-right environmentalist

“In my view, climate change is real and it is an existential threat.”  “My inclination is to take dams down.” “The toxic chemicals that...

28.01.2025 9

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Why does Trump hate this tiny fish so much?

As devastating wildfires continue to burn through Los Angeles, so far killing at least 10 people and forcing well over 100,000 people to evacuate, or...

10.01.2025 30

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Why thousands of people are traveling to one country to see these birds

This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month,...

03.01.2025 7

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The adorable reason why all of Amy Sedaris’s stuff has holes in it

Amy Sedaris has a lovely apartment in the desirable Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, though she has often described it as a hutch....

24.12.2024 9

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Benji Jones

This is how many animals could go extinct from climate change 

05.12.2024 4

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¿Por qué miles de personas viajan a un país para ver sus aves?

04.12.2024 4

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These metal chambers measure burps and farts. For science.

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Scientists just discovered a sea creature as large as two basketball courts. Here’s what it looks like.

14.11.2024 81000

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A groundbreaking new plan to get Big Pharma to pay for wildlife conservation

02.11.2024 2

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Every country is negotiating a plan to save nature. Except the US.

23.10.2024 1

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The most important event you’ve never heard of, explained

21.10.2024 3

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We need $700 billion to save nature

17.10.2024 2

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Hurricane Milton slams Florida: What you need to know

10.10.2024 10

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A new report reveals “catastrophic” declines of animals worldwide — but is it accurate?

10.10.2024 81000

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This awkward fish works harder than you

08.10.2024 1

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How Hurricane Milton exploded into a terrifying Category 5 storm in just hours

07.10.2024 10

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What’s going on in Asheville? The devastating fallout from Hurricane Helene, explained.

30.09.2024 2

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Benji Jones

Weather radar showed a strange blue mass in the eye of Hurricane Helene. What was it?

27.09.2024 9

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One chart shows how Hurricane Helene could turn into a monstrous storm

25.09.2024 3

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The extremely messy, profoundly confusing fight over who should profit from animal DNA

20.09.2024 4

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Are bugs really disappearing?

18.09.2024 2

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The remarkable reason why these bugs are seeking out devastating wildfires

14.09.2024 81000

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The astonishing link between bats and the deaths of human babies

05.09.2024 2

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Coral Reefs Are Getting Sick, and This Human Medicine Might Help

Stony coral tissue loss disease is destroying reefs. P. Sutter/DPA/ZUMA This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as...

03.09.2024 3

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What the heck is “corn sweat” and is it making the Midwest more dangerous?

29.08.2024 2

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These beloved sea creatures are dying. Can human medicine save them?

28.08.2024 81000

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This chart of ocean heat is terrifying

23.08.2024 80500

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This coral reef has given scientists hope for years. Now they’re worried. 

19.08.2024 2

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