Natural languages and dialects, specificity of local terms, and community input should all be taken into account when classifying and indexing indigenous materials. That was the key takeaway at ...

In the field of ecology, researchers are interested in understanding the complexities and interactions of the many organisms that make up our environments. Over the past two decades, the knowledges of ...

Developed with Indigenous partners, a new course invites students to explore alternative worldviews and community‑led ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Joseph Lee, an author and freelance journalist, is a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe from Martha’s Vineyard in ...

Awareness that much of the world’s biodiversity exists in lands and seas stewarded by Indigenous people and local communities has led scientists to reconsider the value of the knowledge systems that ...

Good science is critical to our health, ability to live full lives and community well-being. We use science to advance medicine, enhance our use of natural resources, ensure our food supply and much ...

One summer afternoon when I was seven or eight years old, I went for a hike with my grandfather and uncle in the Chuska Mountains of Navajo Nation to search for medicinal plants for traditional ...

A wildlife recovery effort in British Columbia, Canada, has successfully increased a caribou herd from 38 individuals to 113 in less than a decade, according to a new study. Two First Nations ...

Forests could also be potential bulwarks against climate change. But, increasingly severe droughts and wildfires, invasive species, and large insect outbreaks -- all intensified by climate change -- ...

Indigenous land defenders are being killed and criminalized at alarming rates, AI systems scrape traditional knowledge ...