Sharon Deem

Bird flu ‘should be on all our minds,’ says St. Louis Zoo epidemiologist

Avian influenza is affecting poultry flocks, wild waterfowl, marine mammals, bears, foxes, leopards, cows, cats, dogs and humans, among other species. What’s behind such a high rate of interspecies...

Climate change ‘beyond scientific dispute,’ National Academies report says

Jim VandeHei: What you can do to break our national fever

The only antidote to division and despair is hope and repair. It starts with each of us.

Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m of contraceptives for women overseas

As part of president’s shuttering of USAID, destruction of the contraceptives will cost US taxpayers $167,000

Trump Opens a Huge Marine Protected Zone to Commercial Fishing (Published 2025)

The president said the move was aimed at making the United States the world’s “dominant seafood leader.”

Shocked by earthquake, zoo elephants form 'alert circle' to protect their young at San Diego Zoo

Elephants at San Diego Zoo Safari Park formed an alert circle to protect their young as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit the region Monday morning.

American bald eagles are having a moment, ecologically and culturally

America’s national bird, the bald eagle, is having a moment. The eagles find themselves in a sort of environmental updraft since the early 2000s, when the federal government took the thriving birds...