As the La Brea Tar Pits & Museum undergoes a major redesign, its leaders hope it can do more to engage the public and educate visitors about the realities of climate change.
Canadian researchers are alarmed by the sudden death of an endangered sturgeon. In the early days of September, Nikolaus Gantner and two colleagues hurried out in a jet boat against strong currents to investigate the first spindly, armor-clad cadaver discovered in the swift-moving Nechako River.