Our relationships with the natural world have changed, and addressing how we understand our place in the world will help us find solutions to current environmental crises.
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New research looks at how different species have managed to cross geographic barriers throughout history and whether their individual traits played a crucial role in these journeys.
Youth hostels can play a key role in blurring class lines and connecting travellers to both each other and the places they visit.
One night, someone cut down a tree. It wasn’t just any tree. The loss of the Sycamore Gap tree sent a nation into grief. But why?
The emotional response to the loss of the Sycamore Gap is part of a long history of emblematic trees, their destruction and renewal
New research reveals the environmental impact of keeping tropical fish as household pets – but there are ways to reduce it.
Monitoring and protecting the Kasanka bat colony helps protect bats from the entire sub-continent, and thus supports ecosystem services in a wide area.
Invasive ants are a major threat to biodiversity, according to a study.
Stories in Greek mythology on the cycle of nature showing youth, death and rejuvenation can have lessons for us today on how grief changes over time and transforms who we are as people.
A new assessment of the population status of Europe’s birds reveals that the number of species that are of conservation concern is increasing.
The idea of giving aspects of nature legal rights is gaining traction – but the results are mixed.
Now is the perfect time to read Jansson’s novel – a book that will make you nostalgic for childhood summers.
Recent survey evidence suggests that most Canadians have positive opinions of wolves and rural Canadians in particular have strongly positive feelings on wolves and their protection.
Here are a few ways you can benefit from nature in and around your home without stepping foot in a garden.
Practitioners of Pagan religions no longer need to go into a forest to find an object for their altars. Commercialization means that sacred objects are available online.
Time is, after all, at the heart of climate narratives.
Online searches search trends reveal that there’s a growing link between modern ways of living and the vicious cycle of biophobia.
Only by understanding our past and current relationship with soil can we reflect and change our partnership with soil from extraction and exploitation to respect, relationality and reciprocity.
Great crested newts cause expensive delays to construction – trained sniffer dogs may offer a solution.
An anthropology course explores how peoples and cultures around the world use nature-based medicines to heal.
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Principal Lecturer in Psychology, University of Brighton
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Visiting Fellow, The Media School, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Applied Ecology, University of Reading
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Assistant Director of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, University of Cambridge
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Professor in Environmental & Landscape Planning, University of Manchester
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Professor of the Psychology of Time, Liverpool John Moores University
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