Everyone knows about the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 🦖🦕☄️ But a question remains: Were they the thriving kings of the Cretaceous right before impact? Or were dinosaurs already in decline, with the asteroid merely delivering a knockout blow?

Jane Goodall has died at 91. Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. https://wapo.st/476clLO

Scientists using new ways to eavesdrop on fish have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts in underwater recordings. wapo.st/3IAhN03 via @dinograndoni.bsky.social

NEW: This million-year-old skull was badly broken💀🔨 So researchers decided to digitally reconstruct it, and came to a startling conclusion: Our species may be much older than once thought

Hear that? It’s 2 a.m. You’re in bed. The sun hasn’t risen, but the robin has. It is 🎶-ing at an unnatural hour, waking you. If this has happened to you, you’re not alone. Artificial light is prompting birds to tweet for nearly an extra hour a day on average. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

This is a horseshoe crab For decades, we've relied on an extraordinary chemical in its blood to protect medical equipment from contamination, saving untold lives

It starts with a twist. One arm pretzels in on itself. Then another... and another... Before long, the arms detach and crawl away zombielike By the end, the starfish is nothing more than a puddle of goo (1/3)

These smiley little friends might teach us how to regrow arms and legs but they're critically endangered in the wild let's not kill them please From @dinograndoni.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

It's almost summer, and the 🦟🦟🦟 are coming But it may be within our grasp to suppress some mosquitos out of existence with powerful gene-editing tools The big question now: Should we? Or is it ever ethical to deliberately drive a species extinct? www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Overjoyed and honored to be a part of this team, which was a Pulitzer finalist for national reporting!

The Post’s staff also received a Pulitzer finalist nod in national reporting for coverage that helped awaken the nation to the disaster of Hurricane Helene, revealing the scale of the destruction and human toll for the climate-fueled weather calamity.

NEW: A sweeping new study finds three-fourths of North America's bird species are in decline Scientists say it should be a wake-up call for us since some of the pressures on birds — climate change, pollution, etc. — aren't good for people, either www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

NEW: The Trump administration is considering scaling back at least 6 national monuments in the West, with an eye toward encouraging more energy development on public lands From me & Jake Spring: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

NEW: A decade ago, Obama created the world’s largest protected marine reserve in the Pacific Now, Trump is about to open it up to commercial fishing www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

NEW: In a major move, the Trump administration is aiming to redefine what it means to "harm" an endangered species The regulatory rollback opens the door to more logging, mining, oil & gas drilling, home construction and other ecologically damaging ventures www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

NEW: Claims of bringing back extinct dire wolves caught a lot of attention — including the Trump administration's Now, Trump's team is trumpeting the wolf as an argument for slashing regulations around still-living endangered species

Don't miss this story from my colleague Dino Grandoni, looking at how a company's claims of dire wolf "de-extinction" (which scientists question) are being interpreted as a reason to scale back legal protections for endangered species: wapo.st/3R88Yvc

Your daily dose of delight: this survey of the astonishing creatures dwelling in the darkness beneath an Antarctic iceberg, from @dinograndoni.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...