At a time when more than half the world’s population lives in cities and people spend about 90 percent of their lives indoors, our relationship with the natural world has never been more distant or ...

The economy—that’s something people created, right? Human beings are the only organisms on Earth to assign value in the form of money (as far as we know). The products and services we’re buying with ...

Spending time in nature, even briefly, triggers changes in the brain that calm stress, restore attention, and quiet mental clutter, a new study has found. Researchers at McGill University and ...

Pioneering project reveals how nature’s rhythms are shifting due to climate change.

Integrating natural elements into architectural design has long been a fundamental pursuit in creating comfortable, sustainable environments that enhance both individual well-being and the ...

As temperatures cool and snow begins to grace the northern Sierra Nevada’s ridges and peaks, the “Mountain Kids” of Plumas County carry a simple but transformative tool in their backpacks: a nature ...

Though our town was about three hours south of the path of totality, a celebratory atmosphere permeated the community. One of my kids spent the afternoon constructing a moveable 3D eclipse model, ...

Ecosystem services like clean air and water, healthy soils, flood management and climate regulation are not luxuries; they are foundational to life and economic activity. More than half of the global ...

Nature’s ability to bounce back never stops amazing me,” says Esteban Brenes-Mora. The conservation biologist, who works for the environmental organisation Re:wild, is discussing his favourite subject ...