A history of civilization could be written in fertilizers. And the history of guano—bird poop—tells us a lot about slavery, imperialism, and U.S. expansion.

The first summer camps presented themselves as an natural alternative to encroaching industrial society.

Whales have been used for everything but meat in this country. Why is that?

Taylor Swift is a member of the Lion King generation, which means that, for her, African landscapes are nothing more than a rich tapestry of flora and fauna

A United Airlines jet is the first to take off using only fuels made from discarded fat.

In a 1998 paper in Environmental History, Scott Dewey argues that unions were a key force for the emerging cause of environmentalism in the 1950s and '60s.

Water-smart urban design and drought in the American West.

A survey of emerging fields in animal history and animal studies.

For the past two months, I have been on a researching road trip through the West and Southwest—Colorado, ...