Recycling that rescues dolphins

Tying plastic bottles to gillnets cut dolphin deaths by nearly 90% in a new study, without reducing the fish catch.

Mangroves are making a comeback. It’s a rare climate success story.

For decades, we’ve catalogued what we’re losing to climate change. A sweeping new study offers something harder to find—evidence that one of the planet’s most vital coastal ecosystems is actually winning.

Warren Cornwall

Engineers turn fish biology into a breakthrough microplastic laundry filter

Inspired by the filter feeding mechanisms of basking sharks and manta rays, a startup called Cleanr has developed a filter that traps over 90% of microplastics released in each wash cycle.

Devin Nunnari

Maybe coral reefs aren’t doomed after all, new research finds.

A two-year experiment found that coral reefs could endure in heated water better than expected—with one huge caveat.

Warren Cornwall

Sperm whales are saying more than we thought. Can we understand what they mean?

Sperm whales are saying far more than we thought. But, what exactly are they talking about?

Like seasoned musicians, the whales appear to be spinning 21 basic phrases into hundreds of different variations, a new study found. The research is part of an initiative to communicate with other species.

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