We humans like to think of ourselves as masters of the planet, bending nature to suit our needs. We build roads, carve out neighborhoods, and raise cities from the ground up. But in reality, our ...

In the middle of the old-growth forests of Congaree National Park in South Carolina, fireflies put on an otherworldly display ...

Just when you think you’ve seen everything, nature proves you wrong. From breathtaking wonders to strange, almost unbelievable sights, the outdoors is full of surprises you have to see to believe.

How few corners can a shape have and still tile the plane?” mathematician Gábor Domokos asked me over pizza. His deceptively simple question was about the geometry of tilings, also called ...

Enjoying the outdoors carries the danger of running into nature’s less-friendly side: toxic plants and animals. As toxicologists at the University of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Poison Center, we see many ...

Expanding the market for NbS can address pressing environmental and societal challenges critical to stabilizing and restoring critical ecosystems. A Zimbabwean farming initiative counters the effects ...