Big Cypress National Preserve in the Florida Everglades. (Jim Lo Scalzo for USN&WR)
FRESH GREENS
Maura Judkis
City Mouse, Country Mouse: Who Spends More?
Energy opener (Photo Illustration by Rob Cady/USN&WR with Photograph by Image Source/Jupiter Images)
Can America Use Less Energy?
Recycling
Brightly lit communities have high rates of breast cancer, according to a new study of cancer data and satellite images of light pollution. (NASA/GSFC/Craig Mayhew and Robert Simmon)
Turning Out the Lights
The dangers of a bright night are becoming more apparent.
Green Gadgets
Woman sitting in butterfly chair at Botanical Gardens, Zilker Park, Austin, Tex. (Richard Cummins/Lonely Planet Images/Getty Images)
10 Greenest Places to Retire
Parks can make even the densest and driest locales seem like cities in gardens.
Arizona Striped Whiptail The Arizona striped whiptail, imperiled because of habitat destruction, is one of 681 species that WildEarth Guardians filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect. In the past two years, no U.S. plant or wildlife species has been added to the list. (Erik E. Enderson)
Not-Quite-Endangered Species
One conservation group says these 10 species—and 671 others—belong on the endangered list.
