The psychological legacy of our survival instincts that lead us to feel better when we are in contact with nature is the basis of biophilic design, which is being used increasingly in architecture, from airports to urban spaces to businesses.

This compact home at the base of the Andes Mountains is a breath of fresh air

Eric Ripert at Le Bernardin is the first chef in New York City to be cooking with Nature’s Fynd, which is not seafood at all, but a protein fermented from an extremophilic fungal microbe (Fusarium strain flavolapis or “yellow stone,” nicknamed Fy) discovered by NASA-funded scientists in an acidic hot spring in Yellowstone National Park.

Robin Wall Kimmerer, member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and a professor at the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry, author of the essay collection, “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants.”

Whalers from the 18th and 19th centuries are helping 21st Century scientists on climate change.

Many hope that Lula will restore research funding and environmental protections in the country.

A new retreat in the Hudson Valley from the perennially hip, Taavo Somer