“In Galicia, we have lots of rain and strong sun, so vegetation grows quickly and it’s hard to control,” shouts José Taboada, as we hurtle up a steep, rocky path in his rickety Land Rover. “In summer, ...

Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at [email protected] and we just might feature it here. Utah’s Zion National ...

In the town of Gateshead in North East England, coal mining runs thick in the blood. Up to the final coup de grâce delivered by Margaret Thatcher’s coal purge in the 1980s, Gateshead had been tapping ...

Waterline is an ongoing series that explores how nature-based solutions preserve and protect our water resources. It is funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. It’s a sight that stops ...

Small, nimble cows are being deployed in Galicia to lower wildfire risk by doing what they do best: eating.

The fast-growing Climate First Bank is financing clean energy projects one relationship at a time — and it hopes other community banks will follow suit. Once heavily channelized, the Gila River is ...

On an early spring day, Brandon Brownell greeted shoppers as they came into Smart Art and Craft Supplies in northeast Nashville. The shop is a crafter’s paradise. Tables in the front are loaded with ...

The most seasoned ecosystem engineer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium sports a distinctly white fur head and white patches on her back. At 24 years old, Rosa is the oldest sea otter at the Aquarium. Since ...

This story has been co-published by Reasons to be Cheerful and the Outrider Foundation. The Newberry Volcano in central Oregon is set among a ravishing landscape of ancient lava flows, lakes and pine ...

David Gill might be the richest man in Sebastopol, California. The semi-retired health care administrator is banking the most valuable currency in the world: time. Gill currently has 480 hours in his ...

Just like clockwork, when feeding time arrives in the late morning at West Blean and Thornden Woods Nature Reserve, a group of trees begins to rustle in the distance. Shortly afterwards, the enormous ...

Perched on a small peninsula jutting from Massachusetts’ rocky North Shore, the town of Marblehead appears, at first glance, to be a picturesque piece of the past. But upon closer inspection, inside ...