Spending time in the forest isn't just enjoyable, it's good for your health. NPR's Life Kit has research-backed exercises to try the next time you're among trees. Step into the forest, it's hard not ...

“Nature deficit disorder” is a modern affliction. With more people living in cities, working in high-rise office buildings, and becoming addicted to their innumerable electronic devices, many of us ...

Forest bathing emerged in Japan in the 1980s as a physiological and psychological exercise called shinrin-yoku, meaning “forest bathing” or “taking in the forest atmosphere.” Now this type of walking ...

Native plants crowded onto postage-stamp-size plots have been delivering environmental benefits around the world — and, increasingly, in the U.S. By Cara Buckley The tiny forest lives atop an old ...

From California's redwoods to Japan's bamboo groves, here are 12 of the most beautiful forests in the world. They say that even a short, 20-minute walk in nature can be great for boosting your mental ...

Maria Marabito is a writer who specializes in sustainable travel, green living, and food issues. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from West Chester University. Have you ever taken a walk ...

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Rio de Janeiro is home to the sprawling Tijuca forest (Credit: Alamy) After the forest was decimated by colonial plantations, an ambitious rewilding programme is now aiming to ensure the survival of ...

At the base of Mount Fuji is a dense, verdant forest. From above, the trees swaying in the wind are reminiscent of the sea, giving the Aokigahara forest a second name—Jukai, or Sea of Trees. The ...

Kate Dooley receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Australia contains some of the world’s most biologically diverse and carbon-dense native forests. Eucalypts in wet temperate forests ...