Good News for the Environment

Penn State’s Protected Areas Research Collaborative Listening Lab records sounds that help manage wildlife populations, protect natural sounds, and improve park management.

Scientists can’t be everywhere all at once, as much as they’d like to. Many of the problems citizen science helps solve are concerned with spreading the net wider — or getting more helping hands on the task.

At about 150 national park sites — of the 433 under the NPS umbrella — visitors who bring their dogs along can collect an official “BARK Ranger” badge.

Services include LED light bulbs, power strips, weather stripping products, and water-saving devices.

About 30% of rural Amazonian neighborhoods do not have electricity.

Across countries as diverse as Brazil, Japan, Nigeria, Germany, and Indonesia, researchers saw a clear pattern: People who felt more connected to nature also reported higher well-being.

States are slowly adopting plug-in solar panels, an energy utility feature that’s long been popular in Germany.

A nonprofit that is vital in the protection of North Atlantic right whales is turning the tide on their annual fundraising.

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In this strategically-planned neighborhood, humans and pollinators live in harmony.

Climate Dads are collaborating to figure out what their role is in a more environmentally-friendly future.

Biologist Michael Reichmuth captured something scientists had never photographed before in the wild.