After revisions to the Oxford Junior Dictionary, a widely used children's dictionary, led to the removal of such nature words as "acorn," "bluebell" and "otter" in favor of such technology-centric ...

Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are disappearing from our vocabularies — and along with them, our connection to the ...

Even the words we use to express our connection to nature are dwindling as the demands of modern life isolate us from the non-human world, according to a new study by psychologist Miles Richardson of ...

The loss of so many beetles, birds, and bacteria is desperately sad. But it’s far from the full extent of our loss. A new study analyzing how many terms authors use for the natural world shows that ...

Are we headed towards an “extinction of experience” of nature? Our connection to nature has declined dramatically, according to a widely reported 2025 study. Nature connectedness, the authors explain, ...

This summer, researchers at the University of Derby in the UK published a finding that humanity’s connection to nature has declined by more than 60 percent since 1800. The researchers arrived at this ...

Growing up in the US during the oil embargo of the early 1970s, I was bombarded by public service announcements encouraging people to conserve energy. But at a very young age, I also read that “energy ...

“Âm u.” These are the Vietnamese words I ask my dad to repeat twice. First, so I can hear it again, oddly elated by the sound of those two syllables, and second, so I can practice uttering it myself.