Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change.

Whether you're deeply involved in environmental causes or this would be your first step into community action, this is a wonderful opportunity to support your community's nature and wildlife with just ...

Here's what most financial institutions are missing: they already possess the tools to redirect these harmful flows toward ...

The Creek Heritage Center will open next year at the former site of the Perdido Bay Tribe resource center and museum.

Prioritizing which animals and plants to help is driven mostly by whether we like them or not. Some experts say that may not ...

"Dive into Germany’s Harz National Park—one of just 16 national parks in the country—as it battles a massive bark beetle outbreak. Decades of spruce monocultures (planted to fuel centuries of mining) ...

Banning the use of microplastics in products such as cosmetics and detergents across the European Union would prevent 500,000 tonnes of microplastics from polluting the environment over 20 years, the ...

When Nicolina Pappas was eight years old she came across a video of a sea turtle. One image haunted her: A plastic straw stuck in the turtle’s nose. “That really bothered me,” said Pappas, now 14. The ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

CARBONDALE — Four exciting events are coming to Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center this fall, so save the dates and make plans now. The complete details ...

Investing in early resilience measures can save lives and billions of dollars in climate disasters, as shown in a new study.