Conservation

The Tragedy of the White Tiger

The animals are vastly more common in captivity than in the wild—the result of inbreeding that’s good for pulling in gawkers but bad for the big cats themselves

Azzedine Downes | Opinion

Energy

Hybrid Energy Production Gets A Serious Look

Engineers study solar and wind at the same power plant, nuclear reactors that also make hydrogen

John Fialka and E&E; News

Environment

Australia’s Plague of Mice Is Devastating and Could Get a Lot Worse

Drought and extreme rainfall led to an infestation in the nation’s farming areas

Tess Joosse

Environment

The Delusion of Infinite Economic Growth

Even “sustainable” technologies such as electric vehicles and wind turbines face unbreachable physical limits and exact grave environmental costs

Chirag Dhara and Vandana Singh | Opinion

Environment

National Park Nature Walks, Episode 7: Into the Wilderness by Canoe

Here is our next installment of a new pop-up podcast miniseries that takes your ears into the deep sound of nature. Host Jacob Job, an ecologist and audiophile, brings you inches away from a multitude of creatures, great and small, amid the sonic grandeur of nature...

Jacob Job