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The Duality of Hummingbirds Leveraging both force and finesse, a new study shows how hummingbirds straddle contradictions in their quest for nectar.

Deep Ecology

A small house in a Hong King village sits on the water.

A small house in a Hong King village sits on the water.

Celebrating the Waterways of Sam Man Tsai Photographer Johnson Lui documents Sam Man Tsai, a fishing village on the outskirts of Hong Kong.

Art & Culture Identity & Community

A shiny, silver pearl sits in the palm of a hand.

A shiny, silver pearl sits in the palm of a hand.

Something Precious The act of gratitude can be a difficult task in the midst of disaster. How do we use our appreciation for the planet to propel us forward?

The Overview Deep Ecology

A small, jagged hole in the middle of a cracked blue tinted window partially reveals an orangeish blue sky.

A small, jagged hole in the middle of a cracked blue tinted window partially reveals an orangeish blue sky.

The Limitations of Eco-Anxiety Climate activist Tori Tsui breaks down the overlapping systems that are driving both the mental health crisis and the climate crisis.

Art & Culture Well Being

Order Volume 08: Rhythm

Nature is an elaborate orchestra of interconnectedness, in which timing is everything.

The sun sets along the horizon, behind a shadowed mountain

The sun sets along the horizon, behind a shadowed mountain

Circadian Song: Kinsale Drake on Living by the Sun Kinsale Drake explores how we can honor synchronicity with nature.

Art & Culture Anthropocene

A motel sign stands tall among dry grass along Route 66.

A motel sign stands tall among dry grass along Route 66.

Route 66: The Mother Road’s Erasure of History and Nuance Many of the stops along Route-66 are now ghost towns. If we don’t preserve our history in all its complexity, we’re bound to lose much more.

Art & Culture Anthropocene

The shadow of a dog sitting in a room looking forward.

The shadow of a dog sitting in a room looking forward.

Dogs Sniff Out Environmental Injustice The nosy canines track mink and otter scat on Blackfeet Land, which scientists test for food, water, and ecosystem contamination.

Indigeneity Environmental Justice

A wide range of colorful mold.

A wide range of colorful mold.

Breaking the Mold Decomposition is inevitable, whether it be within nature or within our human societies. How can we view it as an opportunity for wholeness?

The Overview Deep Ecology

How Humans Are Learning to Speak Whale

How Humans Are Learning to Speak Whale

How Humans Are Learning to Speak Whale Humans have long dreamed of interspecies communication. Now, they are working to uncover how to speak whale.

Science & Nature Ocean Life

Paper and plastic waste boxes sit in a storage unit.

Paper and plastic waste boxes sit in a storage unit.

Lifting the Curtain on Carbon Colonialism Carbon colonialism is a system where the Global North “outsources” carbon emissions by moving dirty industry and waste to the Global South.

Environmental Justice Ethical Fashion

A phallic looking green cactus stands erect amongst nature, wrapped in white fur with orange spikes on top.

A phallic looking green cactus stands erect amongst nature, wrapped in white fur with orange spikes on top.

Ecosexuality Urges Us To Cherish the Earth As Our Lover Ecosexuality is a distinctly queer strand of climate activism rooted in pleasure and love.

Queer Ecology Environmental Justice

A yellow and red graphic of the letters L and L.

A yellow and red graphic of the letters L and L.

Last Life: A Short Story from Eloghosa Osunde How does art come to be? Nigerian fiction writer Eloghosa Osunde tells the story of Akin, a man who becomes a bridge between worlds.

Art & Culture

Two lovers lean their foreheads against one another beneath the moon.

Two lovers lean their foreheads against one another beneath the moon.

Dancing in the Moonlight Under the ever-changing sky, two lovers mysteriously meet and share a moment of revelation. Together, they dance their way to freedom.

Photography Identity & Community

Pride Month 2023

Stories on love, acceptance, community and friendship

ALOK and Munroe Bergdorf on the Power of Trans Imagination

ALOK and Munroe Bergdorf on the Power of Trans Imagination

ALOK and Munroe Bergdorf on the Power of Trans Imagination Alok Vaid-Menon speaks with fellow luminary Munroe Bergdorf about the rise of fascism and the power of trans imagination.

Art & Culture Identity & Community

Redefining Gender in the Amazon

Redefining Gender in the Amazon

Redefining Gender in the Amazon As we celebrate Pride, The Frontline shares the work of Uýra Sodoma, an Indigenous nonbinary performance artist fighting to save the Amazon.

The Frontline Queer Ecology

Uprooting the Tree of Life

Uprooting the Tree of Life

Uprooting the Tree of Life The image of the biological Tree of Life depicts a world organized by lines of progress. But the living world is much more exciting.

Science & Nature Queer Ecology

Queering the Food System

Queering the Food System

Queering the Food System A new generation of LGBTQIA+ farmers are tending the land with radical empathy and mutual respect by putting people and planet before profit

Queer Ecology

Riley Black Reflects on the Power of Growth

Riley Black Reflects on the Power of Growth

Riley Black Reflects on the Power of Growth Over 300 bills have been introduced this year in an attempt to erase queer people. Riley Black plants seeds of hope against bigotry.

Identity & Community Queer Ecology

For Your Pleasure

For Your Pleasure

For Your Pleasure Battling COVID and climate change, how can we understand activism and social engagement not as separate from, but intertwined with pleasure?

The Overview Queer Ecology

Full Spectrum: Honoring Queerness in Nature

Full Spectrum: Honoring Queerness in Nature

Full Spectrum: Honoring Queerness in Nature For many queer people, nature is a place to celebrate the full spectrum of diversity—a reminder that being who you are is natural.

Art & Culture Queer Ecology

Pride Month 2023

Stories on love, acceptance, community and friendship

ALOK and Munroe Bergdorf on the Power of Trans Imagination

ALOK and Munroe Bergdorf on the Power of Trans Imagination

ALOK and Munroe Bergdorf on the Power of Trans Imagination Alok Vaid-Menon speaks with fellow luminary Munroe Bergdorf about the rise of fascism and the power of trans imagination.

Art & Culture Identity & Community

Redefining Gender in the Amazon

Redefining Gender in the Amazon

Redefining Gender in the Amazon As we celebrate Pride, The Frontline shares the work of Uýra Sodoma, an Indigenous nonbinary performance artist fighting to save the Amazon.

The Frontline Queer Ecology

Uprooting the Tree of Life

Uprooting the Tree of Life

Uprooting the Tree of Life The image of the biological Tree of Life depicts a world organized by lines of progress. But the living world is much more exciting.

Science & Nature Queer Ecology

Queering the Food System

Queering the Food System

Queering the Food System A new generation of LGBTQIA+ farmers are tending the land with radical empathy and mutual respect by putting people and planet before profit

Queer Ecology

Riley Black Reflects on the Power of Growth

Riley Black Reflects on the Power of Growth

Riley Black Reflects on the Power of Growth Over 300 bills have been introduced this year in an attempt to erase queer people. Riley Black plants seeds of hope against bigotry.

Identity & Community Queer Ecology

For Your Pleasure

For Your Pleasure

For Your Pleasure Battling COVID and climate change, how can we understand activism and social engagement not as separate from, but intertwined with pleasure?

The Overview Queer Ecology

Full Spectrum: Honoring Queerness in Nature

Full Spectrum: Honoring Queerness in Nature

Full Spectrum: Honoring Queerness in Nature For many queer people, nature is a place to celebrate the full spectrum of diversity—a reminder that being who you are is natural.

Art & Culture Queer Ecology

A Cuban man sits behind a countertop with butchered meat on top and two water bottles hanging from the ceiling.

A Cuban man sits behind a countertop with butchered meat on top and two water bottles hanging from the ceiling.

A Glimpse Inside Daily Life in Cuba Photographer Jermain Cikic turns his lens on Cuba’s bustling cities and sprawling landscapes.

Art & Culture Environmental Justice

A blurry shot of a hyena running through the grass.

A blurry shot of a hyena running through the grass.

The Organizational Concept What does it mean to be female? Historically, the answer to this question has been defined by male scientists—but nature offers another view

Queer Ecology The Overview

Two people and a dog face away from the camera, while looking up at a large, green photograph of a bull hanging on the wall of the Hayward Gallery.

Two people and a dog face away from the camera, while looking up at a large, green photograph of a bull hanging on the wall of the Hayward Gallery.

Reclaiming the Commons Through Art In light of a current climate emergency, artist duo Ackroyd & Harvey speak with grassroots organizers about the transformative power of art.

Art & Culture Photography

A blurry shot of a beige basket.

A blurry shot of a beige basket.

Tribes Unite in Defense of Culture and Forests In the Northeast, tribes are coming together to save the threatened black ash tree from a ravenous beetle.

Indigeneity Science & Nature

A black and white illustration of a person laying their head on the bottom of a large statue head.

A black and white illustration of a person laying their head on the bottom of a large statue head.

Language of the Spirit For Indigenous tribes in the U.S., safeguarding Native languages means keeping their cultures and belief systems alive.

Indigeneity Identity & Community

Rhythm and Reggae in Jamaica’s Blue Mountains In the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, a Rastafari community practices living in concert with the world around them.

Photography Earth Sounds

Two cheetahs conflict with one another. One growls from above, clinging to to a tree trunk while the other looks up toward them.

Two cheetahs conflict with one another. One growls from above, clinging to to a tree trunk while the other looks up toward them.

I Won’t Run From It Humans are relatively slow beings, but when it comes to avoidance we can be quickest to escape.

The Overview Deep Ecology

Ponte: The Label Reimagining Deadstock and Discarded Clothes Designer Harry Pontefract creates one-of-a-kind textile sculptures that blend artisan silhouettes with inexpensive materials.

Art & Culture Ethical Fashion

A human spreads their hand inside a plastic bag.

A human spreads their hand inside a plastic bag.

Plastic Politics in the Holy Land The controversial overuse of plastic and gripes over environmentalism tug at a streak of tension between secular and religious Jews.

Climate Solutions Identity & Community

A Venezuelan woman dances with a young boy.

A Venezuelan woman dances with a young boy.

How Venezuelan Folk Music Honors the Land Joropo is a genre of folk music and dance practiced in the grasslands of Colombia and Venezuela, forming a central part of the local culture

Art & Culture Earth Sounds

A fuzzy black and white illustration of a clock.

A fuzzy black and white illustration of a clock.

A Day in the Life of a Fast Fashion Worker One worker employed by a garment factory in Malaysia breaks down the hour-by-hour reality of producing stock in the name of fast fashion.

Environmental Justice Ethical Fashion

A Punjabi Sikh farmer stands in front of a field of leafy greens.

A Punjabi Sikh farmer stands in front of a field of leafy greens.

The Punjabi City Farmers Nurturing Their Connection to the Land Photographer Hark1karan documents the connection between the Punjabi Sikh community in the West Midlands and their community gardens.

Identity & Community Future of Food

A yellow platypus egg sitting on a reflective orange surface.

A yellow platypus egg sitting on a reflective orange surface.

Original Copy Platypuses are odd ducks of the animal world. What can we learn from them about originality?

The Overview Deep Ecology

An artificial intelligence generated image of a flower

An artificial intelligence generated image of a flower

Is The Future of Environmental Storytelling Artificial? Experts warn that artificial intelligence could lead to humanity’s extinction. But it could also revolutionize environmental storytelling.

Anthropocene Art & Culture

Close up of a red, white, and black moth.

Close up of a red, white, and black moth.

In the Dead of Night, a Deafening War The first piece in our new series on species interconnectedness traverses through the 60-million-year-old evolution of bats and moths.

Common Origins Science & Nature

In the Amazon, Drums Carry a Message—and a Warning

In the Amazon, Drums Carry a Message—and a Warning

In the Amazon, Drums Carry a Message—and a Warning In the Amazon rainforest, the Indigenous Bora people survived slavery and colonization. Now their lifeway and language face a new threat.

Environmental Justice Indigeneity

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