Ecology

The Florida Everglades are home to a bird called the Snail Kite. It eats only one type of snail and is endangered because its wetland habitat has been altered.

Belha village, in India, has the distinction of being home to a whole lot of carnivores — leopards, wolves and other large animals that are traditionally considered dangerous to humans. But, with just a few exceptions, the big predators and the humans have learned to co-exist.

Rather than build large, immovable concrete and steel structures to hold back rising oceans, architect Adam Yarinsky suggests we focus on shaping the shoreline how nature did, with an emphasis on green space and absorbing the rising tides, rather than just trying to push it back.

Across the world, scientists are trying to determine where seasons are shifting. Spring arriving earlier, winter arriving later — it’s happening in many countries. Now, the question is, what will be the consequences of that change.