Bamboo is both firm and flexible, and that’s how Roberto Felici tried to carry himself after he learned that Mill Valley officials were planning to disturb his sanctuary in the name of fire safety.

On a warm afternoon along the banks of a narrow river that feeds into Lake Victoria, residents of this small village in western Kenya gathered beneath a mango tree to decide who would plant the first ...

The island's rich biodiversity is increasingly threatened by slash-and-burn agriculture and climate change. A leading example is the greater... Deep in the Madagascan rain forest, a lemur and his ...