Benji Jones

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — On a sweltering afternoon in June, I stood in what was essentially a roadside ditch. Sandwiched between a four-lane highway and the parking lot of a faith-based recreation cen...

In addition to Iran, inflation, and the courts, President Donald Trump has been fighting a losing war against another opponent these past weeks: pond scum.  As part of his broader effort to “beauti...

There’s no such a thing as a truly pristine landscape — humans have, over millennia, shaped every environment on Earth — but the Boundary Waters wilderness of northeastern Minnesota comes pretty da...

Vox is setting out to discover a new animal species in the heart of New York City. In collaboration with several research and nonprofit groups — including the Central Park Conservancy and Prospect ...

New York City is one of the most well-explored places on Earth.  Established nearly four centuries ago by an influential Dutchman, the city has since grown into the largest and most densely populat...

Earlier this year, a billionaire investor and philanthropist named Tom Kaplan auctioned off a small Rembrandt drawing of a lion at Sotheby’s in New York City. It sold for nearly $18 million. A pres...

It lives in a glass castle deep under the sea.  It’s not a character from The Little Mermaid but a very real, very mysterious marine worm. Known as Dalhousiella yabukii, the worm resides inside a g...

Over the last few decades, wildfires, farmers, and cattle ranchers have razed millions of acres of tropical forests across the planet. Much of that deforestation has occurred in three countries: Br...

Here’s a weird fact: Every time someone buys an assault weapon in the US, such as an AR-15, they’re funding wildlife conservation. The same is true if they purchase a handgun, a shotgun, or any oth...

If you’ve ever wanted to buy sandals made with leather from invasive lionfish, I’ve got some good news — you can!  A clothing and gear company called Grundéns is now selling flip-flops with a “pane...