Parks

Research suggests it can—but the real answer is more complicated.

The storm-resilient design of Hunters Point South Park in Long Island City, Queens, is built to withstand floods and storm surges.

A look at the animals that live among us—known as synanthropes—that are often cast aside as pests.

For generations, oil refineries brought jobs—and pollution—to the residents of Wilmington. Can a new generation of youthful activists make it a healthier place to grow up?

Public art works in the elevated park provide insights into the ills of urban displacement in the neighborhood that surrounds it.

The secretary of the interior wants to raise user fees at the national parks. His proposal will hurt all but the wealthiest Americans, and it won't work.

New York's LowLine park has the power to transform the Lower East Side neighborhood. Is that a good thing?

Dense cities that set aside large tracts of natural land help those spaces better provide services people want, such as air cleaning and water cleaning, a new study finds.

New research from France finds strangers are more helpful if they’ve just strolled through a natural environment.

It might be the only way for our National Park Service to nurture the kind of ecological awareness required for a genuine environmental ethic.

Over 150 years ago, squirrels were imported from the countryside as a way to beautify our urban parks. They taught us important lessons about charity and compassion. And then we turned on them.

Freeway capping could solve a bunch of problems for Los Angeles.