Human Health

What border communities really need are solutions to address economic, health and climate problems — and the mesquite tree can help.

A new book asks, “Can we feed the world without destroying it?” The answers might surprise you.

A look at Poland’s growing ecological disaster — and its polluted past — shows how green ideals can wither on the vine.

Scientists have found that many inland waterways are getting saltier, and that’s helping to mobilize heavy metals and other chemicals from the soil, creating potentially dangerous combinations.

Experts warn that the shutdown has furloughed or hobbled personnel responsible for diagnosing and detecting wildlife diseases.

Books coming out this month look at saving snow leopards and killer whales, Buddhist and Muslim solutions to climate change, and new ways to grow food.

Sharon Levy’s new book offers a fascinating history of wetlands, their human-caused decline and our growing understanding of why we need to restore them.

When something dies in nature, it becomes part of a system that gives life. Can humans re-embrace the same concept?

They tried to bury the report by releasing it on Black Friday, but the threats we face — and possible solutions we can take on — are still very real.

An expanding petrochemical industry, thanks to fracked shale gas, could have big consequences for a warming planet.