See what stories caught our attention this week, including a novel approach to crisis calls and the first fully biodegradable ...

By deploying autonomous "interceptors," a Dutch nonprofit aims to remove 90 percent of all floating ocean plastic pollution ...

Some hunters have come to see conservation as a more sustainable livelihood — and a way to restore the forest they depend on.

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Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at [email protected] and we just might feature it here. Utah’s Zion National ...

In the September edition of our newsletter about creating positive change, we look at a surprising spot for kids’ books and silent reading groups.

This story is part of Red State Green Energy, a series about renewable energy endeavors in places where conservative politics or pro-business attitudes reign. This series is funded in part by a grant ...

Swiss architect Barbara Buser has spent decades proving that the greenest building is often the one already standing. When one unscrews a section of the bright red sheet metal façade from K.118, a ...

This story has been co-published by Reasons to be Cheerful and the Outrider Foundation. The Newberry Volcano in central Oregon is set among a ravishing landscape of ancient lava flows, lakes and pine ...

When the pandemic struck and Spain’s borders closed indefinitely, Barcelona, one of the most visited cities in the world, was abruptly emptied of the millions of tourists that usually overwhelm its ...

“Agh, I am only getting consonants,” sighs Nicole Riberolles, the 104-year-old doyenne of Les Artistes nursing home in the Batignolles neighborhood of northwestern Paris. There’s a Q, R, Y, W, N and ...