A lone man walks across an expanse of ice; a mottled tundra; desert badlands. The single human figure becomes a focal point ...

A new study reveals that the impact humans are having on the Amazon rainforest is so profound it is even changing the ...

Over the years, we’ve turned research, anecdotes and everyday experiences into a whole constellation of stories about the way we impact our world. Still, some voices may be missing from the ...

Humanity’s impact on the environment is often framed in the context of the post-industrial era but new archaeological research reveals how intensive land use by a medieval East African population ...

A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports finds that people who have pets and more frequent positive contact with animals develop more positive attitudes towards other non-pet animals ...

Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its ...

Although the Greeks and Romans linked environmental harm with climate change to a more limited extent than we do today, they ...