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A photo shoes a feathery, bamboo-like plant standing alongside a stream

The South is having a 'cane renaissance,' investing in a bamboo species that prevents floods

In the face of mounting climate disasters, tribes, scientists, and Southern communities are rallying around a nearly forgotten native plant.

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A giant black spider with adoorable tiny eyes

A new species of spider with 'never-before-seen features' was discovered in Southern Morocco. It looks like a Pokémon

The male specimens of the family bear an uncanny resemblance to giant ladybugs.

Close-up of a little boy reading a book about a fox losing his socks as he sits in his grandmother's lap

US literacy rates plummeted during the pandemic. Then these teachers stepped in

Across the country, teachers are stepping in to reverse the course of low literacy rates that dropped significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A close up of an array of sea animals including sea slugs and a baby octopus

Tiny 'underwater hotels' for sea creatures help scientists collect 20 new species in ocean's twilight zone

Luiz Rocha has dedicated his life to the study of fish. His latest research uncovered a treasure trove of new sea creatures.

A young boy reads a comic book as a hand points along a page.

Comic books about immigrant heroes inspire new classroom curriculum

Since 2006, the Carnegie Corporation of New York has issued a series of comic books titled “Great Immigrants, Great Americans.”

This climate solution is sitting in America's trash — and it has bipartisan support

Even as the Trump administration rolls back key climate and environmental protections, senators from both parties reintroduced legislation to simplify food expiration labels — one longtime driver of unnecessary waste.

The backs of Sebastião Salgado and his wife, Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado, as they overlook their property full of 2.5 million trees

Over the course of 20 years, this couple planted 2.5 million trees: 'The region can be seen from space'

Instituto Terra was born from the dream of Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado and Sebastião Salgado to recover the forest that existed on the family's former farm.

A couple holds a large check with a leader of Alzheimer Scotland

For their 50th wedding anniversary, this couple asked for one gift: Donations to their local dementia charity

In lieu of gifts, the couple asked their loved ones to make a donation for their special celebration.

This cookbook is all about the climate impact of the foods you love: 'Serving up science on a plate'

Author Mark Easter has written more than 50 scientific papers and reports related to carbon cycling and the carbon footprint of agriculture, forestry, and other land uses.

Three highly artistic and colorful chairs, one with overhanging cords, another with colorful carpetlike padding, and the other shaped like a stool with lava spilling over the sides.

These artists transformed their mental health issues into chairs. When guests sit in them, the gallery takes on an added meaning

Art curator Sandra Davis set 14 chairs on display in the Arts Barn’s professional art gallery in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in the hopes of creating a new kind of conversation on mental health struggles.

Conservationists delighted by jaguar sighting in Arizona: 'They’re finding what they need'

A rare jaguar sighting is giving conservationists hope in the Grand Canyon State.