NASA is attempting to return humans to the moon at the same time that its budget is being slashed. The military, meanwhile, gets a huge increase.

UCS analysis shows farmers are using much more fertilizer than necessary. With prices spiking, this practice is bad for wallets and for the environment.

Being in public parks and natural environments with other visitors is a powerful opportunity to enhance enjoyment rather than detract from it.

The Big Cypress fox squirrel is losing its habitat to urban and suburban development. But a few design changes could help to save this and other species.

Streamflows the West relies on for drinking water and farms used to follow a fairly predictable arc as winter snow melted. Rising temperatures are changing that.

Fertilizer is more expensive and in shorter supply. Without the right amounts of fertilizer at specific times, yields drop, food prices increase and food shortages result.

A new study reveals how the lake bed’s toxic dust impairs lung development in children living nearby.

For decades, the US seriously pursued the idea of ‘peaceful nuclear explosions.’

Cities have the best chance of reducing water use when people actively participate in water conservation, but even that might not be enough in the future.

Cities breed smart wildlife because it takes savvy to survive there.

For sheer abundance and ease of production of oil and natural gas, it simply doesn’t get any better than the Persian Gulf region.

The accusations you might have heard about nonnative honey bees aren’t backed up by evidence. In fact, there are plenty of ways bees make the world a better place.