In celebrating its ten-year anniversary, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions hosted a collaborative forum Thursday to determine Duke’s role in responding to the world’s ever-changing environmental problems.
More than 100 families flocked to the Duke Lemur Center in the hopes of finding a new sort of animal to call their own.
The Nicholas School of the Environment will enter an era of transition this Fall with the arrival of a new dean and the completion of Environment Hall.
Tourists visiting the Duke Lemur Center will have the opportunity to see newborn baby lemurs as a newly added attraction this summer.
James Balog was awarded the Lifetime Environmental Achievement in the Fine Arts by the Nicholas School of the Environment Saturday.
Coal is dirty. That became clear when a pipe broke under a Duke Energy coal ash pond and leaked ash into the Dan River in February.
Obama's recently proposed Climate Resilience Fund can bring much needed funding to environmental agencies, and may trickle down to unexpected sectors.
North Carolina has been recognized as one of the foremost states in the ongoing movement toward more sustainable building design.
Stonemason-artist Thea Alvin provided insight into her artistic landscaping projects at the Nicholas School for the Environment Wednesday.
"Father of sociobiology" E.O. Wilson discussed the wealth of the natural world and the necessity of preserving biodiversity on Tuesday at the Reynolds Theater.
E.O. Wilson—renowned biologist, researcher and author—is coming to town.
After seven years at the helm of the Nicholas School of the Environment, Dean Bill Chameides will leave the school in a new place—literally.
A new reclamation pond near Erwin Road is expected to lower Duke’s environmental footprint once it is completed next summer.
By examining nail clippings, researchers can now track a subject's exposure to arsenic.
Conservation scientist Ullas Karanth, an expert in Bengal Tiger conservation, argued that the key to wildlife conservation lies in the cross-section of science and politics.
The degree-day model, which most farmers currently use to determine when they should plant their crops, might be defunct as a result of climate change, according to a recent study led a Duke...
China has become a global leader in building synthetic natural gas plants, but according to a recent Duke study this investment comes with serious environmental costs.
A recent study from the Nicholas School of the Environment found that forests in the eastern United States are exhibiting faster turnover in response to rising global temperatures.
A new method developed in collaboration with the Nicholas School of the Environment allows researchers to quantify the environmental damage of mountaintop removal coal mining.
The Office of the Duke Forest will be closing three divisions of the Duke Forest to public access for the sixth Annual Deer Herd Reduction Program.
