See what stories caught our attention this week, from signs of mollusk life in the Seine to breastfeeding training for health workers in India.

When it comes to eradicating unwanted vegetation, these curious creatures have proven to be an earth-friendly alternative to herbicides.

See what stories caught our attention this week, from a walkable neighborhood in Arizona to a house wrapped in cork.

A growing movement seeks to make communities more physically accessible for the more than 55 million people worldwide living with dementia. From physical activity to access to medical care, how people ...

Father Vincent Ngwira is a man who follows the way, the truth and the light. As a Catholic priest, the 44-year-old Zambian has held congregations across the south African nation, sharing the good word ...

Waterline is an ongoing series that explores the solutions making rivers, waterways and ocean food chains healthier. It is funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. On a damp and grimly ...

This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360. Until recently, Henning Voigt’s 500-hectare farmland along the Peene River, near Germany’s northeastern Baltic Sea coast, was well-drained ...

The towers of old clothes reach almost to the ceiling of the 200,000-square-foot hall. Forklifts rumble across the concrete floor, squeezing between the stacked bales of jeans, jackets, sweaters and ...

Mark Colman has swum with turtles in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, basked on a beach with marine iguanas in the Galapagos Islands, bungee jumped in New Zealand, braved the 166-story “edge walk” off ...

Reasons to be Cheerful is a nonprofit online magazine that is tonic for tumultuous times. We tell stories that reveal that there are, in fact, a surprising number of reasons to feel cheerful. Many of ...

It doesn’t take long to observe that the community of Awra Amba is unlike any other place in Ethiopia — or even the rest of the world. Here in the breathtaking highlands of northern Ethiopia, not far ...