We must protect the parks, pathways, and gardens that connect us to each other and to the ecosystems of our home.

In an age where the weather app is a tap away, we don’t need to look far for a forecast. But what if you don’t have internet? Have you noticed how nature gives its own subtle forecast clues?

Twitter’s been on fire with people amazed by cats that seem compelled to park themselves in squares of tape marked out on the floor. These felines appear powerless to resist the call of the #CatSquare.

A new device can produce enough food to make one salad per week for an entire year—and do it inside an apartment.

As the weather heats up, Australian households won’t just be cranking up the air conditioning for themselves.

Hunter-gatherers began putting down roots in the Middle East long before the advent of agriculture.

The next time you bite into an apple, spare a thought for the soils that helped to produce it. Soils play a vital role, not just in an apple’s growth, but in our own health too.

Tracking the movements of three species of migratory birds indicates that finding food may become a challenge for them by the end of the century.

I hate ironing, I’ll do more or less anything to avoid it. So faced with a giant pile of laundry I got easily distracted.

Pet food is an industry worth nearly US$25 billion in the United States. Owners make decisions about what to feed their pets based on marketing, personal beliefs and pet preference.

Is organic agriculture the solution to our global food system challenges? 

On a moonless night, light levels can be more than 100m times dimmer than in bright daylight.

The discovery of a core set of genes involved in the responses of honey bees to multiple diseases caused by viruses may help scientists and beekeepers breed honey bees more resilient to stress.

Since 1880, the average global temperature has increased by 0.8°℃, with large changes in rainfall redistribution.

Over the past few years, cats have increasingly attracted media attention due to a number of scientific studies reporting that a Toxoplasma Gondii (T. Gondii) infection is linked with mental health issues, including schizophrenia, suicide and intermittent rage disorder.

Any dog owner will tell you how smart they think their dog is. What we usually think of as smartness in dogs is measured or observed in their external behaviour.

Urban agriculture, the cultivation of crops and animals in an urban environment, is known to increase access to healthy food.

In the heat zone of Louisville, Kentucky, 170 residents have been trained as “citizen foresters.”

Nearing the lake on that warm September morning, I heard a tiny mewing sound. My first inclination was to ignore the cries. I've been through enough lately, I thought; I can hardly take care of myself. Meow! Meow! The insistent pleas continued.

Dogs love walks. And unless it’s pouring with rain and blowing a gale, so do their owners. But there’s much more to this daily routine than you might think.