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How Motley Zoo Animal Rescue overcame obstacles to create a sustainable, community-focused animal rescue system.

No group of children fared worse than preschoolers during the pandemic.

New research shows that preventable deaths are increasing in the US at the same time that life expectancy keeps dropping.

While Lewis Hine’s early-20th century photographs of working children compelled Congress to limit or ban child labor, the US Department of Labor is now under fire for failing to enforce these laws.

The colonial era profoundly shaped natural history museums and collections. Herbaria, which are scientists’ main source of plant specimens from around the world, are no exception.

“Climate change found me. I wasn’t looking for a career in this area,” said Kevin. “I chose a course that was not popular–dryland resource management. I didn’t go for engineering,…

It seems that more and more teens are identifying as transgender, gender-fluid or nonbinary. But because linguistic and cultural norms are always evolving, it’s been challenging to pin down an…

Among the COVID-19 pandemic’s most pernicious aftershocks is its impact on student mental health. Isolated at home, disconnected from friends and suffering trauma from family members’ job losses or pandemic-related deaths,…

Greenwashing refers to the act of misleading consumers into believing that a company’s products, policies, or practices are more environmental…

Global greenhouse gas emissions have soared to a record high and are threatening to push our planet into “unprecedented” global heating…

The interconnected and urgent challenges the world is facing today are becoming all too familiar: climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, shrinking civic space, inequality, instability – the list goes on.

The 42-page document provides guidance for educators on the correct terminology to use for gender identity and how to support students who are coming out at school or want to transition.