In our new Nature issue, MIT Technology Review grapples with these questions. We investigate birds that can’t sing, wolves ...

Integrating natural elements into architectural design has long been a fundamental pursuit in creating comfortable, sustainable environments that enhance both individual well-being and the ...

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“Rights of nature” is a movement aimed at advancing the understanding that ecosystems, wildlife and the Earth are living beings with inherent rights to exist, evolve and regenerate. Legal rights are ...

Over the past 220 years, the connection between people and nature has declined by more than 60%. That's the key finding of a study led by Miles Richardson, a professor of nature connectedness at the ...

Being in nature is great for your brain. Experts are trying to figure out why. By Dana G. Smith In 2008, 38 students at the University of Michigan set out on a walk. Half of them wound their way ...

A draft assessment of the health of nature in the United States is grim but shot through with bright spots and possibility. By Catrin Einhorn Scientists and other experts were preparing a first-of-its ...

Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are disappearing from our vocabularies — and along with them, our connection to the ...