Environment

    Learn about ecosystems, wildlife, oceans, clean water, and air quality – and what we can do to protect the planet.
    Beautiful Rolling Scottish Countryside At Dusk
    Why the 'Right to Roam' Is So Important
    Cigarette butts overflowing outdoor ashtray
    It's Time to Ban Cigarette Filters
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    The Ultimate Guide to No Mow May
    Cleaning with a kitchen towel
    The 9 Best Alternatives to Paper Towels of 2023
    The Milky Way and lupins field near the Church of the Good Shepherd near Lake Tekapo, on New Zealand's South Island.
    What to See in the Night Sky for May 2023
    looking up at blue sky and white clouds from the base of a circle of pine trees covered in snow
    ༺Trees Form Friendships and Remember Their Experiences
    wildlife of asian elephants herd in the wild
    𝔍Elephants Have Lost Nearly Two-Thirds of Their Habitat Across Asia
    View looking up into lush green branches of large tree
    20 Reasons to Really Love Trees
    Best Bee Supply Companies
    Best Bee Supply Companies
    The 6 Best Carbon Offset Programs of 2022
    The 6 Best Carbon Offset Programs of 2023
    Sunrays Through Treetops
    ౠ94% of Americans Agree This Nature-Based Superhero is Good for the Planet
    Photo of Earth from space
    13 Exquisitely Extreme Things About Planet Earth
    Plants and small barnacles growing on a piece of plastic
    ♏Unexpected Species Are Colonizing Rafts of Plastic Debris in the High Seas
    A wild boar with dark gray fur and curved tusks
    🍸10 Invasive Species That Changed the World Forever
    a modern building with mossy stones in front
    World's First Rewilding Center Opens in Scotland
    Planting evergreen tree
    The Power of Planting With a Purpose
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    The Best Composting Services
    Medieval manuscript illustrations showing luan eclipses.
    🍌Sky-Gazing Medieval Monks Shed Light on Volcanic Mysteries
    A village that is overgrown with greenery
    💛8 Dreamlike Abandoned Places Being Reclaimed by Nature
    Variety of empty clear glass bottles and jars
    How to Recycle Glass Correctly
    Star sand on a wooden board
    🔥Star Sand Shows Nature’s Exquisite Attention to Detail
    Best Electric Bike Insurance
    Best Electric Bike (EBike) Insurance Companies
    Lyrid Meteor Shower
    What to See in the Night Sky for April 2023
    Cup lichen (Cladonia pyxidata) growing like an island on a rotten tree stump, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    Meet the Coolest Tiny Plants in the Forest
    two people walking together with one person walking a bike
    Best Bike Share Programs of 2023
    Saint Petersburg, Florida, Driftwood Neighborhood
    What Trees Can Do for You
    Amethyst Deceiver Mushrooms
    13 Bizarre and Beautiful Mushrooms
    Vjosa river valley, Nemërçka mountain in background, Albania
    𝓡Europe's Last Wild River 'Protected Once and For All' with National Park Designation
    Singled Out
    How to Recycle Light Bulbs and Why You Should
    South polar skua, Stercorarius maccormicki, resting in the snow
    𒁏Entire Populations of Antarctic Birds Failed to Breed Last Year Because of Extreme Snowstorms
    California Hit By Another Winter Storm, Deepening The Already Historic Snowpack In Mountain Regions
    ℱAtmospheric Rivers Now Have an Intensity Ranking Like Hurricanes
    Space junk around planet earth
    🔯With 100 Trillion Bits of Old Satellites Circling the Planet, Scientists Call for Action on Space Junk
    A hand holding a pile of plastic peices and sand
    ൲Ocean Plastic Sees Staggering Increase Since 2005, Study Finds
    Blue Marlin and Humpback Red Snapper fish glide over a colorful ocean reef full of coral plants
    How Does Mercury Get in Fish?
    A dying cypress swamp seen under stormy skies, Venice, Louisiana, USA
    🔴Why Has Coastal Louisiana Lost 1,900 Square Miles of Land Since the 1930s?
    View Of Calm Beach Against Blue Sky
    🦂Sea Spray at California Beach Comes with Aerosolized Raw Sewage
    Discharged Batteries In Cardboard Box. Collecting Used Batteries To Recycle
    How to Recycle Batteries
    Cherry blossoms with a bird sitting on a branch
    7 Enlightening Facts About the Spring Equinox
    Very early morning shot of Venus rising (to the left of Jupiter) over pond and Slash Pine trees with reflection in Babcock Wildlife Management Area near Punta Gorda, Florida
    What to See in the Night Sky for March 2023
    Meet the World’s Only Completely Freshwater Seal
    a strange glowing yellow-orange flower on the forest floor
    ༒Strange, Ethereal 'Fairy Lantern' Presumed Extinct is Rediscovered After 30 Years
    Clouds
    Take Time to Look at the Clouds
    Houses and Park Beside Huge Oil Refinery in East Toledo, Ohio - Aerial
    🀅EPA Launches $550 Million Program for Environmental Justice Grants
    Woman putting toothpaste on a toothbrush
    🐼3 Products You Didn't Know You Could Buy Plastic-Free
    Bluebells flowering in the forest, Perth, Scotland
    Finding Traces of Lost Habitats Around Us
    a photo shows a woman wearing a green dress adjusting a small retro tv
    Here's a Wild Reason To Watch More TV
    Prothonotary Warbler Perched on Branch
    Get Outside for the Great Backyard Bird Count
    6 of the Strangest Plants on Earth
    A large, colorful frog holds on to a branch
    Trippy New Stream Frog Named After J.R.R. Tolkien
    Lonely pinewood caledonian trees.
    🌳Scottish Pinewoods Study Reveals Vulnerability of Ancient Forest
    A child's hand reaching towards springtime snowdrops growing in a back yard.
    An Ode to the First Signs of Spring in a Garden
    Celtic Rainforest in summer, Argyll, Scotland
    🌼Tropical Rainforests Are Not the Only Rainforests Under Threat
    Brian Iezzi scans and measures the photonic fibers in the fabric he developed.
    🥂Clever Invention Could Revolutionize Recycling of Clothes
    Night sky, Skagsand, Lofoten Islands, Norway
    What to See in the Night Sky for February 2023
    Paper Straws
    🅠Scientists Create 100% Biodegradable Paper Straws That Don’t Get Soggy
    Mazda and an A-Frame
    Mazda's Electric Car Gets a Rotary Range Extender
    Pickup Truck doing work
    💮The Comeback of Small Cars and Trucks Is Good for Everyone
    Reverse Vending Machine
    ♋England Is Finally Getting a Deposit Return Scheme for Some Bottles
    A man carries a little boy on his shoulders, both laugh happily. Solar panels and plants can be seen in the background.
    🍌The Keeling Curve Prize Is Awarding 10 Climate Solutions $50,000—Here's How to Apply