New book about the story of carbon dioxide is a rousing call to action
27 August 2025
The history of carbon dioxide’s role in life on Earth combined with a call to climate action makes for compelling reading, finds Chris Stokel-Walker
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How a surprising twist on rewilding could help settle our carbon debt
24 March 2025
We’ve pumped huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that needs to be paid back. Large animals like wolves, bison and whales may already be tackling the problem
Bowhead whales still harmed from whaling that ended a century ago
26 April 2024
Commercial bowhead whaling ended in the early 20th century, but the industry’s lasting effects on the whales’ genetic diversity are leading to declines again
World's smallest baleen whale stays home instead of migrating to feed
4 August 2023
The pygmy right whale doesn't go on long migrations for food or reproduction, unlike most other species of baleen whale
World's smallest baleen whale is the last of its kind
15 July 2023
Pygmy right whales are evolutionarily distinct and may be part of a whale family long thought to be extinct
Why do no other aquatic animals grow to a huge size like whales do?
10 May 2023
There could be several physiological reasons why whales are so big, say our readers, but let’s not forget other ocean giants that grow larger than most whales
Restoring just nine groups of animals could help combat global warming
27 March 2023
Protecting or expanding the populations of nine key groups of animals, including wolves and whales, would remove huge amounts of carbon from the atmosphere
Largest ever animal may have been Triassic ichthyosaur super-predator
29 December 2022
New fossil discoveries show predatory marine reptiles from 200 million years ago may have been bigger than today’s blue whales – and that they evolved astonishingly rapidly
Two groups of whales evolved massive heads for different reasons
30 July 2021
Bowhead and right whales are among the biggest animals alive today, but a new look at how they evolved suggests that the two groups ballooned in size independently of each other, and probably for different reasons
A new species of baleen whale has been found in the Gulf of Mexico
28 January 2021
Baleen whales include the largest animals ever to exist, but despite their size, they remain mysterious – and a new species has just been found near the US south coast
