Have we broken the natural contract between humans and rivers? The nature writer debates our relationship with the world’s ...

Last year in early June it was too early, we thought, for fireflies in Colorado. For weeks we had been checking weather forecasts, comparing them to previous years, waiting for warmer nights and ...

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A version of this story appears in the May 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine. Based in Syracuse, New York, National Geographic Explorer Amy Toensing photographed communities and paddlers ...

Tulane University archaeologist and National Geographic Explorer Francisco Estrada-Belli, who was also not involved in the new study, says some scholars have proposed Tikal was ruled after this by ...

Spring in Arizona is that magical sweet spot when the weather gods smile upon us before the summer inferno arrives. Those ...

This is Banff National Park, one of the most beautiful ... The Columbia Valley Wetlands exudes natural beauty especially in the fall. Photograph by Michael Wheatley, Alamy Stock Photo A female ...

PHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS PESCHAK, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION Borboroglu ... fishing nets, and plastic pollution while warming waters and overfishing deplete their prey.

Wetlands are important for water quality in many areas. They naturally filter pollution from water, reduce flooding in communities and help ensure that millions of Americans enjoy cleaner drinking ...

Related EPA announces range of rollbacks on environmental regulations EPA workers protest agency cuts during 'National ... discharging pollution and construction debris into wetlands.

and industrial pollution have severely degraded these ecosystems, necessitating targeted restoration efforts. This study assesses the effectiveness of restoration interventions in the Shibalianwei ...

So if government initiates or puts in place a national air quality policy, anybody coming to do some work in Ghana, which would have a bearing on air pollution or quality of air, would have to toe ...