Africa is starting to split apart, starting in the Afar region of Ethiopia. 

The COP28 climate conference ends with an unprecedented call for a transition away from fossil fuels but a distressing lack of urgency on doing so. 

The US Fish and Wildlife Service agrees to come up with a comprehensive national recovery plan for the gray wolf within two years. 

A Mexican start-up is accused of selling a health drink made from endangered fish.

Hundreds of tons of dead sardines and mackerel wash ashore in Japan.

Researchers isolate a previously unknown element of sperm whale vocalizations analogous to human vowels.

People are twice as likely to choose plant-based food labeled “healthy” as the same food labeled “vegan.”

On December 11, 2023, the temperature differential between Tenihe, China, in the far north and Zhonghe in the far south is 150°F.

The summer of 2023 was the Arctic’s warmest on record, with an average temperature of 43°F.

The US Energy Information Administration predicts that in 2024, wind and solar will make more electricity than coal.

Researchers discover why large animals tend to have long faces. 

People who like to get up early may have inherited their body-clock genes from Neanderthal or Denisovan ancestors.

The EPA issues strong regulations to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. 

Forty percent of registered voters don’t know anything about the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden administration’s landmark climate law. 

A study of sleeping gray reef sharks disproves the old belief that sharks must keep swimming in order to breathe.