By Kevin Green Conservation has no shortage of ambitious policy. Marine protected areas now cover roughly 8% of the world’s ...

Apparently, cows know how to scratch an itch -- with a broom. This fascinating new discovery provides the first known example of multipurpose tool use beyond chimpanzees. It required finding just the ...

Thank you, Dan Rodricks, for sharing your reflections on “Our City of Perpetual Recovery” (“Dan Rodricks: Baltimore getting back to normal, and normal is always a mixed bag here,” June 17). This name ...

Climate change is pushing coral reefs to the brink. A new scientific report warns that the world has already crossed its first climate tipping point, and reefs could face long-term decline unless ...

On Monday, Oct. 18, residents in Anne Arundel County will have two things occurring simultaneously and their differences couldn’t be more stark. First, the Mount Moriah A.M.E Church will be launching ...

Mahogany is everything you would want in a tree: tall and majestic, with leaves up to half a meter wide that cast cooling shade on the forest floor below. It is a towering pillar of many tropical ...

A 2019 United Nations (UN) report found that “it is imperative that environmental laws are widely understood, respected, and enforced and the benefits of environmental protection are enjoyed by people ...

In the Israel-Hamas war, accusations of an Israeli “genocide” against the people of Gaza have created fierce debate and, consequently, warrant a reappraisal of the meaning of the term. Far from the ...

A number of nursery rhymes from long-ago England were disguised political commentary during times when criticism of the reigning king and/or queen was punished severely. For example: “Jack fell down ...