Building a better beeA 79-year-old Englishman whose bees resist Varroa mites is part of a wave of hope for global food security
An Arctic accidentEven before we were grounded, I had my life-changing moment, when a man in Gjoa Haven said he had an item that might interest me: the lost logbook of Lord Franklin
The great whale-in-jail debateA captive baby beluga’s death in Vancouver sparked soul-searching about the ethics of aquariums
The other long-form censusThe head count is almost complete in the first tally of the world’s marine species
A road that cleans the airNew material may soon become a valuable tool in the fight against pollution
A composting plant’s odoriferous problemOrgaworld sees big money in compost. But first, there’s the matter of that stench.
Sharks’ favourite lunch stopOne 75-km stretch of beach in Florida has the largest number of shark attacks in the world
A hill to dye onEduardo Gold is attempting to reform a glacier on the Chalon Sombrero mountain in western Peru