When snow blankets the landscape, it may seem like life slows down. But beneath the surface, an entire world of activity is ...

As the days begin to get longer, thousands gather across Ireland and Scotland to celebrate the return of the light after a ...

I was up hiking in the White Mountains this past weekend with a friend. It was raining and we were admiring just how green it was (while trying to ignore the mud we were slogging through). My hiking ...

Since the 1800s, Groundhog Day has been observed on Feb. 2. The longstanding tradition calls for groundhogs to tell us if spring is near.

In the first episode of Nature in Crisis, Meehan and Peter show how Carson wrote at the edge of science, anticipating the ...

Despite the sub-zero temperatures and crust of icy snow blanketing the ground, spring was in the air Saturday morning. At ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...