Everybody loves nature – or at least the idea of it. But what, exactly, are we talking about when we talk about nature? Is it the great outdoors or even your local park? Perhaps…

Feathers, beaks, and small sizes are all significant adaptations some early dinosaurs developed that allowed those creatures to survive mass extinction events in Earth’s history.…

Rewilding – the process of taking dead or industrialized areas and reintroducing nature to them – has helped revitalize ecosystems across the globe. It can even help us tackle…

Endangered and threatened species face possible extinction. Leading the effort to save them is the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which publishes the “Red…

The green cities movement can benefit cities’ economies, citizens’ health, and the world’s climate. Here’s an overview of the movement – its benefits, its complexities, the most…

The movements of tectonic plates hundreds of millions of years ago created the geography of Earth as we know it today. The landforms left behind by shifting land and glacial paths…

Switching gears on global warming to a healthier state may seem overwhelming, given our current condition. However, agents of positive change are active across the globe, and…

I started out making ponds for fish and ended up attracting a bunch of green frogs (Lithobates ranidae), which I collectively named Fred. I came to learn that green frogs require…