August 2026

An acclaimed American poet laureate, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author, environmental activist and literary translator, W.S. Merwin held many titles throughout his life. But what he held even more closely was his love for nature. The poet who moved to Maui in the 1970s, to study Zen Buddhism ended up buying a barren parcel of land…

For decades, a tree from Australia spread across South Florida’s wetlands with little to hold it back. Melaleuca quinquenervia, often called paperbark, had been introduced to Florida for practical reasons, including landscaping and efforts to alter wet ground. It eventually escaped those uses and established dense stands across parts of the Everglades and surrounding wetlands….

Built into nature: The underground home was designed to blend seamlessly into the Missouri Ozarks hillside. An extraordinary underground home in Missouri’s Ozarks is offering viewers a rare glimpse into an unconventional experiment in architecture, engineering and sustainable living. Built by engineer Conway over several years, the house was carved into a hillside without an…