Conservationists have long worried about the effects of subsistence hunting on animal populations in the Amazon. But species resilience and local knowledge complicate the story.

Well before his inauguration, Trump’s incoming administration and Cabinet picks were breaking down definitions of conflict of interest and stretching the bounds of normalcy. Far from “draining the swamp,” Trump has added to it.

The gentrification of formerly affordable accommodations has meant big changes in the world of low-budget travel.

The ancient Indian ascetic practice of detachment from worldly goods looks a little like modern simplicity—but appearances can be deceiving.

For the simplicity movement to effect meaningful social change, it needs to bridge the divides within.

To live more simply means getting off the treadmill of mindless consumerism.

Six social scientists debate why philosophies of simplicity arise and endure, and why it can be so hard to live…

What do 53-foot shipping containers and Bactrian camels have in common? Not much at first glance, but dig a little deeper and you find some surprising similarities.

Daily life in the remote gold-mining camps of the Amazonian rainforest is difficult, dirty, and sometimes treacherous. But that’s only part of the story.

Informal parking assistance is a critical but contentious source of income for the urban poor in big cities around the globe.