Whenever we do a search for the word “diversity” in ecology journals, many articles pop up focusing on “biodiversity” but rarely does one refer to “human diversity” in ecology. The fact that ...

Researchers lay out a comprehensive definition of archaeoecology and call for more research in this nascent but important field. For decades now, archaeologists wielded the tools of their trade to ...

Stan Wullschleger, associate laboratory director for biological and environmental systems science at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is the recipient of the 2022 Commitment ...

In the grand story of evolution, the crowning human distinction is our big brain. But our large heads have been slow to recognize a less admirable trait of Homo sapiens—self-centeredness.

This essay draws on fieldwork with American social workers, whose primary charge is to engage what they view as particularly recalcitrant human problems and populations. All the while, these workers ...

The European Union has the ambitious aim of making Europe “the world’s first climate-neutral continent.” The slogan underpins the European Green Deal, a wide-ranging series of new regulations and laws ...