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A classic of literature, Dante's “Inferno,” informs the latest work by multimedia artist Tom Rice.It’s currently on display at the Merwin Gallery at…

Researchers who study the importance of a baby's early experiences are also looking into how built and natural environments are critical to health outcomes.

Future development could someday trigger the need for an East Side Highway. But a new, detailed study of the environmental impact of the possible highway…

Here's how the environmental priorities of the Republican president and his Democratic challenger compare.

Parents and kids across Bloomington-Normal are about to snap back into their school routines as classes resume in Unit 5 and District 87 after summer…

Unit 5's Colene Hoose Elementary School broke ground on the new world-class playground designed by Danish architect Helle Nebelong. The new playground will teach kids to care about the environment long term by exposing them now.

Commentator David Fleischaker says we're facing high prices and a shortage of natural gas, with fewer rigs drilling, new fields less productive than old ones, and an explosion of demand. Natural gas has become the clean fuel of choice for consumers, industry, and the electric utility industry. The solution, he says, lies in balancing fuel development and the environment -- and learning to consume less.

While Republicans televise their agenda in San Diego, President Clinton is vacationing in Wyoming. But Clinton is taking a cue from his surroundings at Yellowstone to draw attention to the environment, making a speech today about threats to natural resources, especially a proposed mine adjacent to the national park. NPR's Howard Berkes reports on the speech and on the political leverage environmental issues provide to the President.

If you live in a big city, you may have noticed new buildings popping up — a high-rise here, a skyscraper there. The concrete jungles that we've built over the past century have allowed millions of us to live in close proximity, and modern economies to flourish. But what have we given up by moving away from the forest environments in which humans first evolved? This week, we discuss this topic with psychologist Ming Kuo, who has studied the effects of nature for more than 30 years.