The Making of a Community Activist
An impoverished region in Puerto Rico has long been under assault from environmental and social injustices. One remarkable woman is working to make sure the voices of disenfranchised local people are heard.
The Making of a Community Activist
Environment
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Reclaiming Native Ground
Native Americans are losing their ability to live off the land as it has crumbled into the Gulf of Mexico. Some of them are trying to figure out how to survive on what's left.
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Lessons From a Forgotten Amazonian Slaughter
Conservationists have long worried about the effects of subsistence hunting on animal populations in the Amazon. But species resilience and local knowledge complicate the story.
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New Study: 60 Percent of Primate Species Threatened With Extinction
Primates are in big trouble. And it's our fault.
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Who Started the First Fire?
Humans’ ability to control fire is among the most important technological advances in our evolutionary history. Research on Neanderthal cave sites in France is offering new insights on this old enigma.
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Rice Reveals African Slaves’ Agricultural Heritage
Did slaves contribute more than solely their labor to the success of rice plantations in the New World? In pursuit of the answer, one researcher is extracting little bits of memoir trapped inside rice grains.