Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are disappearing from our vocabularies — and along with them, our connection to the ...

Even the words we use to express our connection to nature are dwindling as the demands of modern life isolate us from the non-human world, according to a new study by psychologist Miles Richardson of ...

The loss of so many beetles, birds, and bacteria is desperately sad. But it’s far from the full extent of our loss. A new study analyzing how many terms authors use for the natural world shows that ...

What did Jane Goodall ask from the world, knowing this would be her last message to humankind? Netflix reveals it all. Jane ...

Over the past 220 years, the connection between people and nature has declined by more than 60%. That's the key finding of a study led by Miles Richardson, a professor of nature connectedness at the ...

WWF's Marcene Mitchell is encouraged by the innovation, determination, and collaboration of Climate Week. Headwinds remain ...

Word learning in children represents a fundamental aspect of cognitive development and language acquisition. This area of research explores how young learners overcome the ambiguous nature of their ...

This summer, researchers at the University of Derby in the UK published a finding that humanity’s connection to nature has declined by more than 60 percent since 1800. The researchers arrived at this ...