An evocative new film brings the realities of climate change out of Hollywood and into the intimacy of our everyday lives.

Southerners who settled along the Amazon River after the Civil War stumbled upon rich soils for their plantations—but they also discovered an even richer past.

It’s become apparent that “natural” disasters are largely human creations. So why do we keep creating them?

A new study details how climate change directed early modern humans’ intricate dance among continents and pushes back their dispersal out of Africa to at least 100,000 years ago.

The destruction wrought by the expansion of large-scale oil palm plantations in West Papua is transforming once-wild animals into problematic pets.

U.S. government departments press pause on pipeline construction and call for serious talks on reform of the consultation process with Native American tribes for extensive infrastructure projects.

Vandalism can be a form of resistance to oppression. But is that the case when a privileged artist mars our public lands?

Friendship is complicated. But bats and their companions may offer us a window into how humans form—and keep—relationships.

Scientists and activists battle over the pros and cons of genetically modified organisms. In the midst of this heated debate, important voices have been lost.

Instagram user accounts reveal how bears are honored as part of nature—or turned into cold hard cash.