ecology

The mystery of Namibia's desert fairy circles may have been solved

The truth is out there... in Namibia. Inhabitat previously reported on the mysterious "fairy circles" that have...

Landscape architects frequently work to transform areas that contain industrial and toxic waste, infrastructure...

Sydney in Australia has taken bold new steps to address water scarcity. As part of their goal to fulfill 30 percent...

Some might think metropolitan living means you can’t commune with nature, but designers Raynaldo Theodore, Maria...

Biologists have long assumed that all giraffes are part of a single species, but a new study in Current Biology...

More information continues to surface that trees may be far more connected than we thought. Forest ecologist Suzanne...

Biodiversity has dropped dangerously low across more than half of the world's land surface, according to a new...

How have animals shaped the world we live in today? A team of researchers at Wits University has reconstructed...

My first meal in the land of Gross National Happiness was prepared by 5 diamond star chef Mario Fernandez, of Aman...

Thanks to British Petroleum (BP) decimating the oceanic habitats in the Gulf of Mexico with the infamous Deepwater...

[gallery_extend] The powerful St. Anthony's Falls is credited as the birthplace of Minneapolis, a city...

Vegetarians and vegans pay heed, new research shows plants know when they’re being eaten. And they don't like...

[gallery_extend] “It feels good to eat your enemies,” says Andrew Deines, a postdoctoral researcher...

There are few things we take for granted as much as our ability to turn on the tap and get water in a seemingly...

Ever since Hurricane Sandy rocked New York’s shores, designers have been trying to figure out new coastal protection...