Protected areas are often seen as refuges for plants and animals—yet they are also places where people live, work and relax.

The January 2025 issue of Nature includes an article on the NIH-funded dGTEx project, titled, “The Human and Non-human Primate Developmental GTEx Projects.” It outlines the scope, vision, ...

Spending time outdoors has long been shown to enhance physical and mental well-being by encouraging exercise, fostering social interaction, reducing stress and anxiety, elevating mood, improving focus ...

Telling people about the consensus among scientists can help, study finds, but researchers think that personal conversations are needed, too. Climate-communication researchers who spoke to Nature’s ...

Over the past 220 years, the connection between people and nature has declined by more than 60%. That's the key finding of a study led by Miles Richardson, a professor of nature connectedness at the ...

A new study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology's June 2025 volume found that simply enjoying the experience of being in nature is more strongly associated with happiness and life ...