They spent four months searching for the world’s loneliest person and ended up crossing mountains, forests, and remote islands to meet three people living in extreme solitude. One man had lived alone ...

Guangzhou, China: South China Botanical Garden researchers uncovered the evolutionary history of Burmannia nepalensis, a fully mycoheterotrophic herb endemic to subtropical evergreen broad-leaved ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The forest floor was nothing but patches of brown. No ferns, no brush, no flowers, ...

On a recent morning in central Vermont, where I live, it was raining, and the wood frogs had just begun to chorus. The sap run from the maple trees has started to dwindle as the branches begin to bud ...

Scientists say their work on fires and climate change could be lost as the agency moves its headquarters to Utah from Washington and shuts 57 research stations. By Eric Niiler Reporting from ...

The Trump administration will move the headquarters for the U.S. Forest Service from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City, it announced Tuesday. In a press release, the Department of Agriculture said ...

Most of Europe’s original natural forests have been transformed for agriculture and managed forests producing energy, paper and timber. The few remaining “old-growth” natural forests are relics of the ...

18 March 2026 - Forests generate employment, support rural and urban livelihoods, underpin food systems, supply raw materials and energy, and provide ecosystem services that enable productivity across ...

Bill Roberts, 78 and disabled, rarely leaves his home. One of his most meaningful sources of interaction comes twice a week, when his favorite Meals on Wheels driver delivers lunch – bonus points if ...

Social isolation significantly increases the risk of premature death, rivaling the risks of smoking and obesity. The pituitary gland regulates oxytocin, a hormone essential for uterine contractions ...

A new study published today in Nature has found that X’s algorithm – the hidden system or “recipe” that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order – shifts users’ political opinions in ...

This article was co-authored with Emma Myer, a student at Washington and Lee University who studies Cognitive/Behavioral Science and Strategic Communication. In today’s digital age, social media has ...