
Benji Jones
Senior Correspondent
Latest articles by Benji Jones


It’s the biggest known animal of its kind.


Big companies use DNA from wild organisms to make money. This new plan aims to make them pay for it.


Why won’t the US join the most important treaty to protect the natural world?


Inside the extremely messy, profoundly confusing fight over who should profit from non-human DNA.


Wild animals are spiraling toward extinction. Can a bunch of bureaucrats save them?


Just a tiny fraction of the global GDP could help stave off ecological collapse.


Severe flooding, tornado damage, and several deaths have been reported so far.

A new wildlife report is drawing scrutiny from some scientists, though it’s alarming nonetheless.


The rare storm’s hyperexplosive growth, explained.

Its day job helps prevent an iconic ocean ecosystem from collapsing.