environment

July 25, 2021

Science

The Trash Parrots of Australia Are Very Annoying but Very Clever

Sarah Zhang

July 22, 2021

Culture

What Cat People Can Teach Us

Sarah Archer

July 21, 2021

A cat person holding his black cat in front of a ring light

Science

Are Wind Turbines a Danger to Wildlife? Ask the Dogs.

Sarah Zhang

July 21, 2021

Science

Why Do Mammals Kill Each Other?

Katherine J. Wu

July 20, 2021

brown bears fighting in a lake in Russia

Science

Carbon Tax, Beloved Policy to Fix Climate Change, Is Dead at 47

Robinson Meyer

July 20, 2021

An upside-down reflection of a coal-fired power plant

Science

The Mystery at the Base of One of Biology’s Strangest Relationships

Katherine J. Wu

July 14, 2021

Ideas

The Infrastructure Bill Won’t Cut It on Climate

Leah C. Stokes

July 14, 2021

Illustration of the U.S. Capitol with a thermometer replacing the dome.

Science

Lizards Took ‘This Is Fine’ Way Too Literally

Katherine J. Wu

July 13, 2021

the Psammodromus algirus lizard, or the Algerian sand racer

Science

The Green New Deal Does Not, Strictly Speaking, Exist

Robinson Meyer

July 13, 2021

Wind turbines spin over a Elysian landscape of green fields

Science

Cape Cod’s Waters Are Getting Very, Very Sharky

Sarah Sax and Undark

July 10, 2021

Science

The Story of Songbirds Is a Story of Sugar

Ed Yong

July 8, 2021

A white-cheeked honeyeater feeding on pink Grevillea flowers

Science

Maine Has a Dangerous, Small, and Very Itchy Problem

Kendra Pierre-Louis

July 7, 2021

A bunch of fuzzy browntail moth caterpillars with distinctive orange spots

Science

A Volcano, a Fishing Boat, and a Narrow Escape

Jennifer Leman

July 5, 2021

A black and white photo of Kasatochi Island with smoke rising from its caldera.

Science

The Last Thing Albatrosses Needed Was a New Predator

Jake Buehler and Hakai Magazine

July 3, 2021

Science

Nowhere Is Ready for This Heat

Robinson Meyer

June 29, 2021

An older man, Pablo Miranda, sweats in the high heat in Portland.

Science

No One Imagined Giant Lizard Nests Would Be This Weird

Ed Yong

June 25, 2021

A yellow-spotted goanna with its tongue sticking out

Science

A Slimy Calamity Is Creeping Across the Sea

Sarah Zhang

June 21, 2021

Science

Blue Animals Are Different From All the Rest

Viviane Callier and Quanta Magazine

June 20, 2021

A bright-green blue-winged leafbird of Southeast Asia rests on a branch.

Books

A Better Way to Look at Trees

Rebecca Giggs

July/August 2021 Issue

Science

How the U.S. Made Progress on Climate Change Without Ever Passing a Bill

Robinson Meyer

June 16, 2021

A GIF of President Biden's head spinning in a green vortex

Science

Drivers Never Learn the One Lesson of Cicada Season

Marina Koren

June 16, 2021

An illustration of a cicada on a stop sign

Science

A Hint About How Life Made It Onto Land

Katherine J. Wu

June 15, 2021

Mangrove rivulus (Kryptolebias marmoratus) jumping

Science

Hallucinogenic Toads Are Too Popular for Their Own Good

Jessica Kutz and High Country News

June 13, 2021

Science

Two Arctic Fish Are Breaking the Rules of Genetics

Quanta Magazine and Christie Wilcox

June 12, 2021

Science

The Pandemic Has Undone South Africa’s National Parks

Adam Welz

June 7, 2021

A tiled illustration of a plane, a plant, a rhino, penguins, and a coronavirus

Science

The West Can End the Water Wars Now

Emma Marris

June 5, 2021

Science

One More Reason to Admire Elephant Trunks

Katherine J. Wu

June 1, 2021

several elephant trunks reaching into the same bucket

Health

Nature Isn’t Really Healing

Brian Owens and Hakai Magazine

May 30, 2021

Science

Earth’s Underground Worlds May Run on Radioactive Decay

Jordana Cepelewicz and Quanta Magazine

May 29, 2021

An illustration of the radioactive splitting of water particles

Health

All the Sad, Lonely Pandemic Puppies

Sarah Zhang

May 27, 2021

Illustration of dog with a coronavirus-shaped dog tag

Science

An Unorthodox Strategy to Stop Cars From Hitting Deer

Ed Yong

May 24, 2021

Science

The Never-Aging Ants With a Terrible Secret

Katherine J. Wu

May 18, 2021

Temnothorax ants, one of which is infected by a tapeworm

Science

The Body’s Most Embarrassing Organ Is an Evolutionary Marvel

Katherine J. Wu

May 18, 2021

Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: Cicadas Have an Existential Problem

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

May 15, 2021

A red background with a white envelope at a red "A"

Science

How to Poison Feral Hogs (And Only Feral Hogs)

Stephen Ornes and Undark

May 15, 2021

Sections

The Print Edition

The Turtle Poachers Say They Have No Choice

The Trash Parrots of Australia Are Very Annoying but Very Clever

What Cat People Can Teach Us

Are Wind Turbines a Danger to Wildlife? Ask the Dogs.

Why Do Mammals Kill Each Other?

Carbon Tax, Beloved Policy to Fix Climate Change, Is Dead at 47

The Mystery at the Base of One of Biology’s Strangest Relationships

The Infrastructure Bill Won’t Cut It on Climate

Lizards Took ‘This Is Fine’ Way Too Literally

The Green New Deal Does Not, Strictly Speaking, Exist

Cape Cod’s Waters Are Getting Very, Very Sharky

The Story of Songbirds Is a Story of Sugar

Maine Has a Dangerous, Small, and Very Itchy Problem

A Volcano, a Fishing Boat, and a Narrow Escape

The Last Thing Albatrosses Needed Was a New Predator

Nowhere Is Ready for This Heat

No One Imagined Giant Lizard Nests Would Be This Weird

A Slimy Calamity Is Creeping Across the Sea

Blue Animals Are Different From All the Rest

A Better Way to Look at Trees

How the U.S. Made Progress on Climate Change Without Ever Passing a Bill

Drivers Never Learn the One Lesson of Cicada Season

A Hint About How Life Made It Onto Land

Hallucinogenic Toads Are Too Popular for Their Own Good

Two Arctic Fish Are Breaking the Rules of Genetics

The Pandemic Has Undone South Africa’s National Parks

The West Can End the Water Wars Now

One More Reason to Admire Elephant Trunks

Nature Isn’t Really Healing

Earth’s Underground Worlds May Run on Radioactive Decay

All the Sad, Lonely Pandemic Puppies

An Unorthodox Strategy to Stop Cars From Hitting Deer

The Never-Aging Ants With a Terrible Secret

The Body’s Most Embarrassing Organ Is an Evolutionary Marvel

The Atlantic Daily: Cicadas Have an Existential Problem

How to Poison Feral Hogs (And Only Feral Hogs)