Landscape

Loss of biodiversity threatens the study of tool use and other cultural behaviors in animals

Alabama landscape designer Troy Rhone's process is about understanding each client's personality and lifestyle to craft a garden that serves as an extension of the home.

Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive's latest collection of captivating images for Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity.

The Marble Caves sit on the shores of a turquoise glacial lake in southern Chile. Light bounces off the water onto the walls, creating a magical, ever-changing display inside the caverns.

An astonishing 85% of our peatlands are degraded. Turning bogs from wastelands to nature-scapes Peat soils cover more than 23% of the country, meaning many Irish people have long had close interactions with peatlands By Prof Yvonne Buckley Sign up for our monthly newsletter! Y ou know when you are in a healthy peatland because...

Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region — and the world — with TribLive's latest collection of captivating images for Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity.

Heavy equipment working near dry brush sparked a destructive wildfire near Riverside, Calif., in September 2024.

While climate change sets the stage for larger and more intense fires, humans are actively fanning the flames.

Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region — and the world — with TribLive's latest collection of captivating images for Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity.

Electric power companies dedicate significant resources to clearing overgrown plants and debris from the area surrounding power lines. These areas are known as electric rights-of-way, and anything that obstructs access to them can threaten power outages, hinder public safety and make it harder for utility crews to perform necessary maintenance and repairs.

Not all forest fires have devastating effects. Low- and moderate-severity forest wildfires can reduce the intensity of future conflagrations for as long as 20 years in certain climates, according to new research by the University of California, Davis.

1st map of Antarctica's green space unveiled. Here's what it shows.

Clouds have for decades been a bugbear for remote sensing of land surface temperature—one of the most important earth system metrics, used in everything from tracking climate change to predicting wildfires. A new approach incorporating machine learning appears to have solved this challenge

Members of the Kalispel Tribe in Washington have become some of the country's foremost forest caretakers, ministering to the health of lands broken by settlers and industry.

Understanding how tropical land use and deforestation affects the dynamics of the global Earth system and identifying potential tipping points are key to the future of our species on this planet. By exploring the long history of human societies in tropical forests and bringing together natural and social systems in interdisciplinary models, we can evaluate the repercussions of early human interaction with tropical…

Manicured lawns produce a monoculture, making it hard for bees to find food.

More than half of Alabama once was native grasslands; restoring and conserving these grasslands invite a host of diverse wildlife and plant species that the state needs to thrive.

Understanding how humans came to exert such enormous pressure on Earth's ecosystems can inform more sustainable ways of living.

The past can help modern societies confront today's environmental challenges in innumerable ways.

NAIROBI, May 15 (IPS) - The oceans are as fascinating as they are mysterious. Home to the largest animals to ever live on Earth and billions of the tiniest, the top 100 meters of the open oceans host the majority of sea life, such as fish, turtles, and marine mammals. But there is another world far below the surface. In the belly of the ocean, there are seamounts—underwater mountains that rise 1,000 meters or more…