Many times, it is not the natural world mimicking the manmade world, but rather the other way around. Read about how mantis shrimp are inspiring new photography technology.
Category Archives: Finding Ourselves in Nature
The Best Tool for Helping Damaged Young People—Nature
Researchers are evaluating the effect that a dose of the wilderness can have on troubled young people.
Is It Better to Plant Trees or Let Forests Regrow Naturally?
Forests may be better at restoring themselves than we previously thought. Read about nature’s resilience.
How radical gardeners took back New York City
Watch the video to learn more about the positive effects greenscapes have had in New York City.
What Forest Floor Playgrounds Teach Us About Kids and Germs
In a world of antibacterial soaps and sterile environments, scientists have found that children exposed to diverse bacterial environments have better immune responses.
How Dogs and Humans Evolved and Migrated in Tandem
Read about how dogs, human’s best friends, influenced human evolution and vice versa.
The Benefits of Digging in the Dirt
In this article, Laura Wright Treadway, environmentalist and mom, talks about the importance of playing—and learning—outdoors.
‘Forest gardens’ show how Native land stewardship can outdo nature
While modern human environmental intervention often has a negative impact, forest gardens grown by Indigenous communities prove that humans can live in harmony with nature and improve ecosystems.
A GDP for nature: How measuring the health of the natural world might prevent the next pandemic
The balance between humans and nature is a precarious one, and for some time nature has been telling us we are doing something wrong. Read about how both human and environmental health is intertwined.
Top 20 Citizen Science Projects of 2020
What is citizen science? How can you advance scientific research while exploring your backyard or city? Read on to learn the answer to these questions and more.
This is What Happened When an Australian City Gave Trees Email Addresses
What would you do if faced with the opportunity to email a tree? Would you write fan mail and love letters? For many Melburnian citizens, the answer is yes!
The emergence of nature phobias: Why more people are afraid of the outdoors
As more and more people live in urban areas and have limited exposure to the outdoors, more people are becoming afraid of nature. Read this article to find out about the dangers of nature phobias on people and the planet.
Study reveals positive connection between nature experiences and happiness globally
Have you ever gone for a walk and felt your worries melt away? It turns out, you aren’t alone, and there is science that supports a positive correlation between nature and happiness.
Living Off-Grid: What It’s Actually Like
Homesteading is a huge commitment that can help bring people in tune with nature. Read the pros and cons of one homesteader’s experience.
The pandemic stilled human activity. What did this ‘anthropause’ mean for wildlife?
Scientists are enjoying a surprising benefit of the reduction in human activity in 2020.
How Animals Shaped Our Modern World
Nature is important to humans in some very practical ways. Read about some of the technological advances the animal world has given us.
As We Seek Nature, We Wall It Out
Diane Ackerman contemplates the wildlife that creeps into our urban habitats.
Connecting prisons with nature
Watch this video about a program intended to both connect prisoners to nature and to help restore the environment.
Fake animal news abounds on social media as coronavirus upends life
The idea of nature rebounding from humanity while people are staying home is inspiring. But it isn’t necessarily true.
He went where no human had gone before. Our trash had already beaten him there.
Exploring one of the most remote places on earth, a deep-sea diver found new species as well as something depressingly familiar.