IN Japan, there is a practice called shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing. Doctors often prescribe it to help patients heal their ...

Eagles, sea otters, colorful starfish, and snow-capped mountains—Alaska really shines in the summer months, when the days are long and there’s plenty to do in the outdoors. To have an ...

Read about the newly identified tiny poison dart frog from Peru's Amazon. Learn about its unique features, habitat in Alto ...

As Africa’s population climbs toward 2.5 billion, its farms face a big challenge: produce more food without raising emissions ...

Join me on a 20-day survival challenge in the rainforest of Vietnam. Using natural materials and primitive skills, I create a shelter and find food and drinking water for survival. My goal extends ...

Over the summer, a group of students from HSDC embarked on a truly unforgettable residential trip of community engagement, conservation and adventure in Borneo.

New analysis shows that the vast majority of the areas we depend on for our survival aren’t being well looked after.

Jane Goodall, who died on Wednesday aged 91 in California, transformed how the world sees animals - and helped redefine humanity's place in nature. RFI's Alison Hird spoke with Goodall in 2018, when a ...

Colville sits in northeast Washington like a well-guarded treasure. The town has that genuine small-town atmosphere where folks acknowledge each other. You know the type of place where the cashier ...

The Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam lost a combined area of tree cover of nearly a million ...

Scientists warn that "flying rivers" — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across the Amazon — are weakening as deforestation and climate change advance.

Learn how to survive being lost in the forest with scientific insights.