New research has found preparing land for palm oil plantations and the growth of young plants causes significantly more damage to the environment, emitting double the amount of greenhouse gases than mature plantations.

A first of its kind, global study on the impacts of human land-use on different groups of animals has found that predators, especially small invertebrates like spiders and ladybirds, are the most likely to be lost when natural habitats are converted to agricultural land or towns and cities. 

A new study led by archaeologists, ecologists, and paleoclimatologists at Harvard and elsewhere overturns long-held beliefs about the role humans played in shaping the American landscape before and after European colonization. 

Everyone hates road construction, even the soils and bodies of water around the roads.

Burned forests in steep mountains can be just as hazardous after the rains come and flames have been extinguished. And the risks are increasing, so what can be done?

A methodology used to ensure sustainable freshwater use and supply is now being used to develop national plans in countries like Nepal.

River flow is reduced in areas where forests have been planted and does not recover over time, a new study has shown.

Army veteran Ryan Shorrow was going nowhere fast—until he found his future in the salmon streams of Northern California.

Deception Island is one of the only places in the world where ships can sail directly into the center of an active volcano.

Starting Dec. 28, 2019, Puerto Rico was shaken by a series of hundreds of small earthquakes that culminated on Jan. 7 with a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake.