Sarah Borell

When we talk about the animals most at risk from climate change, the usual suspects come to mind. Polar bears on shrinking ice. Coral bleaching across warming reefs. Migratory birds arriving to find their ecosystems out of sync. These stories are real and they matter. But there is a whole category of wildlife that barely registers in the conversation, despite being extraordinarily vulnerable. They live underground, in some of the most stable environments on Earth, and that stability is...

Something quiet but significant happened during this year's Festival of Sacrifice, the annual Islamic celebration observed by hundreds of millions of people around the world. Australian investigators from Animals Australia arrived at a slaughterhouse in Jordan, an Australian government-approved facility, and found something new. A solid wall had been built around the slaughter floor, with staff patrolling the perimeter. They built a wall to stop the cameras. It's a strange kind of progress. A...

Here's a number that deserves more attention than it's been getting: 74%. That's the proportion of animal habitats on Earth that could be exposed to heatwaves by 2050 if we continue on our current emissions trajectory. It comes from a major new study published in April, and it's striking enough on its own. But there's another layer to it that's arguably more alarming than the headline figure itself. It's not just the heat. It's what happens when the heat arrives and the animals have nowhere...