An education program in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands teaches children science, math, and languages through direct engagement with their surrounding environment.

For millennia, the high peaks of the Himalayas were held together by an invisible, frozen cement — permafrost and glacial ice that bound ancient rock into seemingly unshakable fortresses. But as the ...

FIVE YEARS AGO this summer, one of the most destructive wildfires in California history burned a 40‑mile swath across the Sierra Nevada Range as it launched towering plumes of smoke and ash into the ...

Picture the worst depredations of industrial meat production, and you might envision practices such as veal crates that confine calves in tiny boxes to keep their meat tender, laying hens close ...

I recently relocated to Tucson, Arizona, after a decade away. I always think of Tucson as a city where people come to dry out — dermatologically, emotionally, or otherwise. (If you’re unfamiliar, ...

This spring, two black bears wandered down from the Santa Ynez Mountains above Santa Barbara, California. One lumbered across the manicured lawns and paths of the University of California at Santa ...

The world is running out of time to halt deforestation and forest degradation. Yet instead of stepping up, the United States is dismantling forest protections and undermining global progress – ...

It’s nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit and only midmorning at Reshma Begum’s tiny farmstead in southwestern Bangladesh. Humidity is in the mid-80 percent range, making the clammy air cling to the skin ...

KENYA’S MAASAI MARA reserve is internationally recognized as the home of the wildebeest migration. This spectacular phenomenon attracts thousands of guests each season, as they witness an epic ...

With the ocean temperature expected to rise 3℃ by 2100, marine biologists are scrambling to understand how warming waters affect marine life in shallow ecosystems. That is especially true for ...