Zoë Schlanger

Scientists are debating whether concepts such as memory, consciousness, and communication can be applied beyond the animal kingdom.

New federal rules require public systems to measure and mitigate certain harmful man-made chemicals. Maine is already learning how hard that can be.

Breadfruit is a staple in tropical places—and climate change is pushing its range north.

Get ready for the EV election.

A bioluminescent petunia could help people recognize plants for the complex creatures they are.

Climate change is threatening to turn sublime summer stone fruits disgusting, or rob us of their pleasures entirely.

John Kerry believes the world can still limit global warming, even if U.S. climate politics are “embarrassing.”

Clean-air rules just can’t keep up with climate change.

A second Trump term would be a disaster. And the U.S. would mostly be hurting itself.

He still wants to look like the climate president.

For decades, scientists have debated the possibility that a vital ocean-current system could plunge Europe into an abrupt cooldown.

The next climate extremes are both predictable and unprecedented, and they’re coming on fast.

The world is finally talking about them.

If you think it’s bad now, strap in.

This COP agreement is the least we can do on climate change.

As Canada congratulated itself in Dubai on climate leadership, its oil executives milled about the climate conference.

An unofficial proposal for a fossil-fuel-nonproliferation treaty is gaining popularity at the UN’s annual climate meeting.

The UN climate summit is the one place the countries suffering most from climate change can face down the countries causing it.

His approach to the environment: ignore it.

Wealthy countries might finally pay for the climate change they caused.

One of Joe Biden’s big climate bets follows an old familiar logic.

We all just lived through our first 2-degree Celsius day.

The math isn’t adding up.

The storm intensified to Category 5 just before it reached Acapulco.

In climate-addled places, mats of mycelium may make all the difference for the trees they live alongside.

Sometimes, a town doesn’t have to be underwater to become uninhabitable. All it has to do is be uninsurable.

Nine countries have now reported outbreaks on mink farms.