Madeleine Thomas, Author at Pacific Standard

Your Neighbor’s Chickens Are Grosser Than You Imagined

Backyard chickens may be dirtier than you think.

In 2015, every state in the country was warmer than the 20th-century average.

Each year, hundreds of desperate patients seek relief from extreme pain in Montana’s retired uranium mines.

Forecasters predict the United States still has yet to experience the brunt of its erratic weather.

Serious crimes are more likely to occur in neighborhoods downwind of air pollution, according to a new study.

The surprising way fruit-eating animals serve as a buffer against climate change.

According to new research, we can now add the world's freshwater lakes to the ever-growing list of at-risk environmental entities.

Ringtailed lemurs, just like humans, reserve conversation for those they feel more connected with.

A toast to this year's most awesome science headlines.

Pacific Standard sits down to talk with Chauntelle Tibbals.