Modern life moves fast, but nature invites us to slow down. Here are six surprising ways nature can soothe our weary nervous systems and bring us back to balance.

In his new book, "Encountering Dragonfly," naturalist Brooke Williams explores how a dream changed his life and what this may ...

Over the last 1,400 years, populations of the Yangtze finless porpoise have dramatically declined in China. But intensive ...

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information ...

If we’re being honest here, a true starter pack of modern American poetry would look something like this: “Goodnight Moon,” “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” For many of us poetry ...

Endemic to China's Yangtze River, the Yangtze finless porpoise is known for its intelligence and charismatic appearance; it looks like it has a perpetual smile on its face. To track how this ...

Published today in Current Biology, a new study shows that the Yangtze finless porpoise has lost over 65% of its historic ...

A study of 724 ancient poems has revealed how far the Yangtze finless porpoise once roamed within the mighty river, allowing ...

Author Joseph Bruchac shares a poem about a bumblebee and how taking the time to listen to the natural world led him to it.

“With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the ... “Farewell dear Pope Francis/Nature and poetry and the suffering shall miss their champion.” Check out the poem in ...

For that spiritual intimacy between Nature and man, which formed the substance of Wordsworth's poetry, is questioned ... Huxley, for example, regarded the ‘cosmic process’ as everywhere ...

The study shows that in addition to inspiring people to connect with nature, platforms such as iNaturalist and eBird can help answer important biological questions. "This is a good example of why ...