As a species, we crave contact with each other — babies give up and die if they are not held — and it takes much training and practice to reach the adeptness of monks or serious meditators who can placate the howling winds of their restless minds.
Researchers are looking to kelp for help storing carbon dioxide far beneath the surface of the sea.
What many people don't realize is that bats serve an important purpose, both to humans and the environment.
Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed many Americans’ relationships with food. To relieve some of the stress associated with shopping safely for groceries and ensure food security, many people are once again planting “victory gardens.”
In the long run, the best way we can help health-care professionals fight crises like COVID-19 is by changing the way we live and the choices we make.
A biodiversity experiment in Australia showed animal species can help reduce flammable leaf litter by 24 percent.
When you buy a pair of blue jeans, you probably don’t think about the harm they might cause to people or the environment. But synthetic dyes and other chemicals used to manufacture jeans and other clothing can make workers sick and pollute waterways, particularly in manufacturing regions in Asia, where heavy metals like cadmium, chromium and lead have been found in water and sediment outside of textile industrial parks.
The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom.
As COVID-19 has made starkly clear, we are all interconnected. And as communities around the world rush to flatten the curve, we see more starkly perhaps than ever before the ways our individual behavior impacts the whole.
Young Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color at the center of environmental justice movements are often overlooked.
An alarming 75 percent of new or emerging diseases start in animals.
If we’re going to avoid the greatest pandemic of all looming on the horizon—runaway global warming and catastrophic climate change—we need to take control of our destiny.
Butterflies and bees, ants and beetles, cockroaches and flies — whether loved or feared, insects help humans.
Agricultural policies and world goals to end hunger focus on increased production but don’t yet adequately protect wild pollinator habitat.
If you want to improve the quality of air in your home, try some of these tips.
Across much of the United States, a warming climate has advanced the arrival of spring. This year is no exception.
Freecycle plans to add a lending and borrowing tool to encourage people to share with friends and neighbors.
Replacing grass with even a few plants native to your region can save insects and the ecosystems that depend on them.
Around the world, communities are using “Rights of Nature” laws to defend waterways, species and more from human threats.
A creative approach to saving deer from being culled opened my eyes to feeling empathy for life around us.
The U.S. plastics recycling industry is healthy and their message is clear: We need all the recycled containers you can send us, and more.
Communities worldwide are committing to wasting less and reusing more. If you are too, read on to learn and be inspired by examples of communities coming together to create innovative strategies for getting to zero waste.
By choosing to design a sustainable home, you are also deciding to protect Earth's natural resources, support the ecosystem, and provide a healthier environment in which you and your family will live.
Countries around the world throw away millions of tons of plastic trash every year. Finding ways to manage plastic waste is daunting even for wealthy nations, but for smaller and less-developed countries it can be overwhelming.
As crop varieties disappear, boosting biodiversity becomes smart business.
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