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Last updated: July 19, 2026
Welcome to Inside Climate, a new podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News. In our second episode, co-host Jake Bolster interviews two of our Texas reporters, Dylan Baddour and Arcelia Martin, on a water crisis in C…
Award-winning entomologist Dino Martins, known for his work on pollinators, shows in his latest book that even the most gruesome creatures have vital roles to play Dino J Martins has never been able to resist the small…
Party manifesto pledged to honour existing North Sea exploration licences but not issue new ones Andy Burnham risks his first confrontation with Labour MPs if he announces new oil and gas drilling licences when he becom…
As the climate crisis fuels more intense blazes, pushing them to new parts of the world, those tackling them are forced to ration resources and decide which to fight César Alcaraz had only just become a firefighter in t…
After 20 mutilated animal corpses were left outside a rural primary school, the creators of award-winning podcast Buried began investigating – with a little help from Chris Packham. It plunged them into organised crime,…
Greenpeace UK says 2.87bn litres lost daily, a fifth of all water pumped through network Water companies are wasting five times more water through leaky pipes than even a nationwide hosepipe ban could save, environmenta…
On May 27, a massive pod of more than 400 long-finned pilot whales was spotted off the coast of Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands—a remote archipelago located about 200 miles north of Scotland. By early evening…
From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Judith Enck, the founder of advocacy group Beyond Plastics. After World War II, plastics gr…
Former tube network cleaner says tribunal vindicated his health concerns, including about asbestos, that could affect public A London Underground worker who was unfairly sacked after whistleblowing about his concerns ov…
Cranbrook, Kent: Right now the young are hellbent on seeking adventure, much to the dismay of their mothers Progression through the country year here is not marked by numbers on paper or buzzing phone notifications, but…
Spring rains have brought a burst of new life to Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, and this year, that renewal is paired with the start of a major new chapter for the center itself.A Landscape in...
Every bird has a story. Some travel thousands of miles across continents. Others depend on a single type of habitat found only in a small corner of the world. Yet all birds share a common challenge:...
As nature reminds us each season, change is a natural part of growth. This year, the Trinity River Audubon Center experienced its own season of transition, including changes in staff and leadership...
.Every year, Texas Leaders in Conservation (TLC) hosts career panels for its students. Based on their career interests, the program's annual theme, and the availability of professionals, TLC brings...
Now more than ever, ranchers and conservationists are working side by side to prove that working lands and wildlife can thrive together. In 2025, ranchers and conservationists with the Audubon...
Bird City Texas has been selected as a 2026 Conservation Wrangler by Texas by Nature, a Texas organization founded by First Lady Laura Bush. This statewide recognition will significantly elevate the...
As stated in Audubon's Flight Plan, public policy and funding have a catalytic effect on protecting bird habitat and addressing climate change. Policy items like the Farm Bill can benefit Texas...
Texas Audubon Chapters are active across the state. The work they do on the ground helps move us closer to our Flight Plan goals of bending the bird curve. Over the last year chapters in Texas had...
As an education and awareness campaign, Lights Out, Texas! continues to spread across the state to neighbors, friends, and families thanks to the work done by members and partners across Texas. We...
As Audubon Texas wraps up the 2026 breeding season, the Coastal Program is celebrating another productive year of conservation action across the Texas coast. Throughout the spring and early summer...
Parts of South Texas ravaged by flooding this week have logged a steep rise in rainfall intensity over recent decades, federal data show. The latest official dataset, published in 2018 by the National Oceanic and Atmosp…
Smoke from climate change-fueled wildfires in Canada and northern Minnesota blanketed skies across much of the Midwest and East Coast, exposing millions of Americans to dangerous levels of air pollution. The National We…
For decades, fishers, swimmers and environmental groups have complained that mud and silt from dredging operations in the Mobile Bay shipping channel have been smothering seagrasses, choking out oysters and clouding wat…
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—An international team of researchers have analyzed teeth from 152 formerly enslaved Africans whose […] The post Study Tracks Origins of 19th-Century Africans Left on Atlantic Island appeared first on…
NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA—The Annapolis Valley Register reports that the foundations of a barracks built by […] The post Barracks Foundation Found in Nova Scotia Fort appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
SHAANXI, CHINA—According to a statement released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qiaomei Fu of […] The post Researchers Analyze DNA from Residents of Chinese Neolithic City appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
Australia experienced a boom in beginner-friendly skiing in the 1980s and 1990s. But have global heating and rising lift prices ended that run? Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Mount Hotham wa…
From mattresses to saucepans, scientists offer tweaks to help detoxify your space The problem Whenever we burn anything inside our homes, we cause indoor air pollution, whether we’re cooking using gas, frying bacon, lig…
Just weeks ago, western Montana appeared to have escaped the early wildfires that forecasters feared after one of the warmest and driest winters on record, as heavy rains in late June soaked forests and grasslands, tamp…
RICHMOND, Va.—Before the start of Virginia’s legislative session in January, 53-year-old William Ward attended a Virginia League of Conservation Voters rally in Petersburg, where he learned about how the state’s data ce…
Environmental groups and tribes are suing the Trump administration over a new rule eliminating the majority of habitat protections for imperiled wildlife protected by the Endangered Species Act. Experts say the rule rep…
A new assessment from the United States’ most influential science advisory panel says climate attribution science has moved beyond asking whether human-caused global warming is driving deadly heat waves, floods and wild…
TALLINN, ESTONIA—Estonian Public Radio reports that a well-preserved fourteenth-century papal seal, or bulla, belonging to […] The post Medieval Papal Seal Unearthed in Estonia appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA—The Santa Barbara Independent reports that ancestral remains and artifacts have been returned […] The post Human Remains and Objects Repatriated to Chumash Indians appeared first on Archaeology…
COUNTY WATERFORD, IRELAND—Traces of two dwellings dated to between 3600 and 3700 b.c. have been […] The post Neolithic Homes Excavated in Ireland appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
From fierce flooding and escaped pigs to birds that can’t fly due to the weight of plastic in their stomachs, mankind’s biggest challenges are on stark display at Summit Photo 2026 Continue reading...
HEXHAM, ENGLAND—La Brújula Verde reports that a sculpture was excavated at Vindolanda, a Roman fort […] The post Relief of Protective Deity Uncovered at Vindolanda appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
ALLONNES, FRANCE—Five pairs of iron shackles were unearthed at a 2,300-year-old Celtic site in central […] The post Celtic Settlement Unearthed at Ancient Crossroads in France appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS—According to a Science Magazine report, the signature of a Maya mathematician and astronomer […] The post Maya Astronomer's Name Identified in Guatemala appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT—Live Science reports that 18 tombs have been uncovered at Marina el-Alamein, the site […] The post 18 Tombs Excavated on Egypt’s Mediterranean Coast appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
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