The U.S. has used tariffs to protect industry since 1789. That approach decimated American shipbuilding and could do the same to clean tech. more

PANCE, Colombia — Ofelia Opocué’s life has been shaped by loss, she says. Twenty-three years ago, the FARC gave her family an ultimatum: leave their fertile land in Toribío, in more

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently updated its Red List of Threatened Species to include an additional 482 fungi, bringing the total to roughly 1,300 species of more

The International Seabed Authority has expressed concern following reports that the U.S. subsidiary of The Metals Company is seeking deep-sea mining permits from the U.S. instead of waiting for the more

Hurricane Helene proved a hard truth: a freezer of seeds is the literal version of putting all your eggs in one basketAbout a month after Hurricane Helene devastated western North more

The volcanic island of Bioko, about 160 kilometers, or 100 miles, northwest of mainland Equatorial Guinea, is carpeted in lush green tropical rainforest. This forest is home to many endemic more

In the early hours of Dec. 22, 2024, fishermen working in the Talara Sea in northern Peru hauled in their nets. But instead of the day’s catch, they found oil more

New polling shows Americans view ensuring a reliable water supply as their top issue, beating out inflation, healthcare reform and others.  The polling comes from the US Water Alliance’s Value more

To address the devastating effects of wildfires in Western North America, the nonprofit Conservation X Labs (CXL) and its partners have awarded $50,000 each to 12 shortlisted teams seeking to more

Since February we’ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it’s your chance to chooseRead about this year’s contendersInvertebrates – animals without spines – make up the more

Experts are desperate to analyse rusty patched bumblebee nests for information that might help save them. But they are extremely hard to find – unless you’re a trained conservation canineWords more

A sea lion sickened by toxic algae attacked a teenage girl in Long Beach, California, on Sunday, the latest episode of erratic behavior from affected animals.Read more on E360 → more

As government agencies slash staff managing federal lands, rural populations dependent on outdoor tourism face mounting economic and environmental risks that are trickling down from the cuts. The Trump administration, more

Mentions of environmental concerns on S&P 500 earnings calls have plunged. more

The Department of Transportation has threatened to pull funding for high-profile climate-friendly projects in California, New York, and Washington, D.C. more

A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath the waves. more

More than half of Britain’s 59 native species are in long-term decline, UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme findsLast summer was the fifth worst in nearly half a century for butterflies in more

A wildlife rescue center in Rio de Janeiro is giving animals a second chance after they’ve been torn from the Atlantic Forest by poachers, a Mongabay short documentary showed. At more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00933-3Researchers are debating the strength of evidence connecting technology to surging rates of adolescent mental illness. But they have some clear advice for parents. more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08800-xUsing a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08753-1A head-to-head double-ring complex of the human multifunctional DNA repair protein RAD52 mediates protection of stalled replication forks during replication stress, protecting them from more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00902-wMirror-image isomer blends have been converted into a single isomer by a light-activated copper catalyst — a challenging reaction that prevents the waste of more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00885-8A complete inventory of the Drosophila visual system classifies about 53,000 neurons into 732 types. The shapes and connections of all the visual neurons more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00560-yResearchers describe how they are using skills honed in the laboratory in their creative pursuits. more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00861-2Large-scale analyses of electronic health data suggest that the herpes zoster vaccine could protect against dementia — but it’s not yet clear how. more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08759-9A RISC-V microprocessor capable of executing standard 32-bit instructions has been designed with 5,900 MoS2 transistors and a complete standard cell library based on more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01020-3The genomes of two women who lived 7,000 years ago in the Sahara when it was a green savannah reveal a remarkably isolated population. more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00991-7The fierce debate about smartphones and adolescent mental health rests on conflicting science. Researchers and technology companies must work to improve it. more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08814-5A comparison of alpha diversity (number of plant species) and dark diversity (species that are currently absent from a site despite being ecologically suitable) more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08747-zThe acetylene hydrogenation activity and stability of a palladium single-atom catalyst are both controlled by the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the oxide support. more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08761-1Non-classical correlations between two photons in the near-field regime give rise to entanglement in their total angular momentum, leading to a completely different structure more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08744-2A general reinforcement-learning algorithm, called Dreamer, outperforms specialized expert algorithms across diverse tasks by learning a model of the environment and improving its behaviour more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08798-2Spontaneous parthenogenesis in sunflower has been used to develop a scalable doubled haploid breeding system. more

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08804-7In thromboinflammation, early tissue plasminogen activator administration directly improves endothelial barrier function, prophylactic defibrotide and enoxaparin suppress microvascular thromboinflammation through endothelium-mediated mechanisms and combining more

CHINCHINA, Colombia — “Before, the seasons seemed etched into the calendar, with well-defined periods of drought and rain. Today, the climate has gone completely mad!” says coffee grower Oscar Gomez from more

Public health advocates assessing Josh Shapiro’s first two years as Pennsylvania’s governor concluded that he hasn’t done enough to protect residents from the damaging effects of hydraulic fracturing for natural more

You might think that ‘hero rats’ are the lead characters of a new Pixar movie, but these happen to be actual African Giant Pouched Rats, trained by the organization APOPO. more

Agroforestry, the ancient agricultural system of integrating trees and shrubs with crops and livestock, has seen a revival in recent decades in the U.S. Around the country, agroforestry projects have more

A Mongabay investigation has uncovered exclusive details about the clandestine market for gorilla and chimpanzee body parts in northeastern Nigeria, revealing that the trade works in a larger area than more

On a busy morning in November 2024, a dramatic scene unfolded in a supermarket in Banani, Dhaka. Government officials, armed with security personnel, launched a joint operation to crack down more

For members of the Sani Warmi collective in Amazonian Ecuador, the day begins before sunrise. They tend to the chacra — their agroforestry garden — and harvest plantain, yuca, palm more

In the green-fringed inlet of Bahía Málaga, tucked along Colombia’s Pacific coast in the department of Valle del Cauca, Marlin Valencia’s melodic voice drifts among the tangled roots of the more

CONECUH NATIONAL FOREST, Ala.—Jimmy Stiles knows Conecuh National Forest. He lives in it.  Stiles, a field biologist, has lived in his home in the northern section of the forest, which more

“Gardiner is a company town and Yellowstone is the mill. If somebody starts screwing with the mill, we have no choice but to be concerned.” more

Fewer than 150 Malayan tigers remain in their home range of Peninsular Malaysia. Poaching to supply an illegal trade in their body parts is a major threat to the survival more

Nature, Published online: 01 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00931-5As governments fight to regulate access to materials important for many technologies, the people mining them are left behind. more

Nature, Published online: 01 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01002-5The European Union’s new research chief Ekaterina Zaharieva speaks to Nature about attracting disaffected US scientists and cutting grant bureaucracy. more

Nature, Published online: 01 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01006-1Minerals will shape future geopolitical order more

Nature, Published online: 01 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00932-4Regulatory efforts to purge PFASs from drinking water have led to a rush for technologies that can capture and destroy the chemicals. more

Nature, Published online: 01 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00972-wMulti-year episodes of the climatic pattern are much more frequent now than they were seven millennia ago. more

Nature, Published online: 01 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08934-yAuthor Correction: Controlled patterning of crystalline domains by frontal polymerization more

Nature, Published online: 01 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08906-2Author Correction: Isoprene nitrates drive new particle formation in Amazon’s upper troposphere more

Nature, Published online: 01 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01016-zIn shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts. more

Colombia’s state-led oil company Ecopetrol caused more than 600 instances of major environmental damage between 2010 and 2016, according to internal data leaked by one of their former employees. Mongabay more

Millions of years ago, as the Indo-Australian plate pushed into the Pacific plate, a volcanic arc of islands began to emerge near the modern-day island of New Guinea that would more

Fishing vessels can often work long periods at sea without coming to port, thanks to the practice of transshipment, in which catches are transferred at sea to carrier ships called more

Unsustainable logging is one of the global north’s best-kept secrets. We’re running out of time to stop itThe world is running out of time to halt deforestation and forest degradation. more

In Central Texas, a bitter fight over a $1 billion water project offers a preview of the future for much of the state as decades of rapid growth push past more

Florida’s Cape Sable seaside sparrow is a rare and secretive bird that dwells within the marl prairie of the remote Everglades, a watershed that is among the most altered on more

According to Indigenous legal experts, the freeze erodes the little trust Indian country has in the federal government. more

By grazing between trees and removing potential wildfire fuel, wild horses help protect Galicia’s delicate ecosystems, but Europe’s largest herd has declined to just 10,000 Continue reading more

Skyfly's aircraft promises the flexibility of a helicopter without the cost, noise or emissions. more

Gothenburg has to pay a financial penalty if it misses certain annual sustainability goals. more

Nature, Published online: 31 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00936-0Marine ecologist Gemma Galbraith builds remotely operated vehicles and uses them to assess how coral reefs are being affected by climate change. more

Nature, Published online: 31 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01004-3Following the firm’s bankruptcy, researchers hope that they will still be able to access the valuable data set even if it is sold to more

Nature, Published online: 31 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01001-6Improvements to brain–computer interfaces are bringing the technology closer to natural conversational speed. more

Nature, Published online: 31 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00934-2An exploration of weird and wonderful birds across the world sometimes takes theories of sexual selection to the extreme — but entertains throughout. more

If a tree-planting scheme in western England can match the first national forest, people as well as wildlife will benefitThe benefits for bats were presumably not at the top of more

With a $4.5 trillion fight over tax cuts looming, the oil and gas industry wants to protect billions of dollars in tax benefits it enjoys and get new ones, too. more

Just Stop Oil says it will disband but does this mark an end to the chaos caused by its climate protests? more

After the L.A. fires, updated hazard maps show “we are living in a new reality of extremes." more

The EU is getting further from its goal of weaning off Russian fossil fuels by 2027. Imports of Russian gas rose by 18 percent last year, a new analysis finds.Read more

From farm to retail, the threat of trade barriers is already impacting the food supply chain. more

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading more

Nature, Published online: 28 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00937-zStudy finds genetic imprints in three generations of Syrian refugees. Researchers urge caution in interpreting findings and call for replication. more