When Rachel Carson wrote the environmental classic "Silent Spring" in 1962, she warned that unchecked human impacts might ...

Spring -- Sense of wonder: Under the Sea-Wind -- Summer -- Florescence: The Sea Around Us -- Fall - The fullness of life: From The Edge of the Sea to DDT -- Winter -- The poison book and the dark ...

Rachel Carson brought awareness to the harmful effects of pesticides including DDT when she published her book “Silent Spring ...

Opinion: What the Odum brothers discovered in the Marshall Islands wasn’t simply that nuclear weapons were destructive, but ...

"Canines, felines and weasels are at risk. Hawks and owls are particularly vulnerable, especially since sick prey is easier to catch." ...

We need to confront long-standing environmental harms that disproportionately affect marginalized communities, writes a ...

We do not know the lasting effect of putting into the environment a long-lasting poison that prevents mammals and birds from ...

Millions of people around the world will pause Wednesday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. Why do we celebrate Earth ...

On Earth Day, we take a look back at the rocky history of "tree-huggers." The term originated in the 1970s in the Himalayas ...

William M. Hill is former chair of the Appalachian Mountain Club and is a member of its board of advisers. He is a lawyer at ...

But it was a senator from Wisconsin, Democrat Gaylord Nelson, who had the idea that would become Earth Day. Nelson had long ...

The idea of preparing for a rainy day, of having savings to pay for an unexpected setback such as repairing a much needed ...