Earth & Environment

Jessica Camille Aguirre Dissects Australia’s Cat-Killing Conservation Strategy

Christine Ro

Mary Heglar on Leading with the Heart, not the Head

Emma Marris

Photo of a whale and her calf swimming, seen from above.

Storygram: Ed Yong’s “North Atlantic Right Whales Are Dying in Horrific Ways”

Nadia Drake

Elizabeth Shogren Uncovers Censorship of Science at the National Park Service

Jennifer Lu

Brooke Jarvis Uncovers an Insect Armageddon

Ben Goldfarb

Elaina Plott Explores Everyday Life on a Sinking Island

Olga Kreimer

Science Photojournalist Morgan Heim Illuminates Environmental Cost of California’s Trespass Marijuana Grows

Christina Selby

The heads of two fish, one of them standing upright, the other resting on its side, on a grayish blue background.

Storygram: Joshua Sokol’s “Life After Mercury Poisoning”

Jude Isabella

A woman wading through a mangrove swamp.

Surviving the Elements: Confronting Difficult Field-Reporting Conditions

Kristen Pope

Rebecca Boyle

Rebecca Boyle Excavates Earth’s Earliest History

Julia Rosen

Maggie Koerth-Baker

Maggie Koerth-Baker Explores the Legacy of a Very Prolific Panda

Ed Yong

A young man in a bright red coat with gold spots, green belt and large woolly cuffs and collar is on an old motorbike, looking at the camera. Sheep and green hills are in the background.

Storygram: Jane Qiu’s “Trouble in Tibet”

Mara Hvistendahl

Lizzie Wade in large sunglasses and a red walking jacket with yellow trim smiles at the camera. In the background is a range of snow-topped mountains with flatter grasslands and a small lake just behind her.

Lizzie Wade Examines a Debate over the Origins of the Amazon’s Biodiversity

Rodrigo Pérez Ortega

Ross Andersen

Ross Andersen Writes a New Creation Story

Rebecca Boyle

Melinda Wenner Moyer Tracks Drug-Resistant Bacteria from Farm to Table

Jeanne Erdmann

Mac McClelland Tails Extreme Birders through Cuba

Lauren Gravitz

Elizabeth Kolbert

Elizabeth Kolbert Stares Down Mass Extinction

Christina Selby

Aftermath of an earthquake and tsunami, with boats, buildings and debris strewn throughout the scene.

Storygram: Azeen Ghorayshi’s “Sounding the Alarm”

Ann Finkbeiner