Nature is a source of well-being and recovery for many people. However, research shows that there is also a growing number of ...

Poland's controversial border fence is meant to deter illegal migration, but it also blocks wildlife movement in the unique ...

An increasing number of people experience fear, discomfort, or disgust toward nature—a phenomenon known as biophobia.

A new paper by evolutionary anthropologists Colin Shaw (University of Zurich) and Daniel Longman (Loughborough University) ...

A new study suggests that many modern health challenges may stem from a deep evolutionary mismatch between our ancient biology and today’s industrialized environments.

What is human nature? This is a question that has perplexed philosophers and psychologists throughout the ages. Are people essentially socially constructive and altruistic or are they destructive and ...

People living near protected areas share stories about how these places shape their daily lives, memories, work, and identity ...

Capitalism and the Politics of Nature Alyssa Battistoni, Princeton University Press, £30IN her new book, Alyssa Battistoni ...

The region of the human genome that harbours genes encoding amylase enzymes, which are crucial for starch digestion, shows extensive structural diversity. Amylase genes have been duplicated and ...

Mention Barry Lopez and most people think nature writer. Lopez well deserves this distinction. Of Wolves and Men, first published in 1978, falls in that rare category of finely written nature books ...