If familiarity breeds contempt, then no wild animal has made itself more loathsome to humanity than the city pigeon. They ...

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we see how and why grassy sidewalk strips and medians are being transformed in ...

Four years ago, Michelle Wu ’07 quietly announced her candidacy for Mayor of Boston in a video. Promising ambitious affordable housing, transportation, and environmental reform, the then-City ...

Eight city of Boston employees made more than $500,000 last year. ... was Paul Sordillo, a member of the Facilities Management Department, who took home $567,427.49 last year.

There's a room in Boston City Hall where you can see the entire city all at once. The planning department's model room is a large, open space that houses a 1:40 inch scale, three-dimensional ...

Boston City Hall and City Hall Plaza pictured in 1973. Photo by Peter H. Dreyer Rights, City of Boston; Peter H. Dreyer slide collection, Collection #9800.007, City of Boston Archives A comprehensive, ...

Urban areas are rich in these patchworked habitats, and by settling into them, wild turkeys have challenged the old assumption that they require vast, uninterrupted tracts of land to thrive, says ...

The week kicked off with a milestone at Boston City Hall, where the mayor marked the first official day of the city’s first planning department in 70 years.

In Boston, a city often celebrated for its commitment to sustainability, community members and officials came together last Saturday to inaugurate the renovated Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild.

As noted by Paul Sutton, Boston's Urban Wilds director, the program recognized the opportunity for this collaboration in the winter of 2021-2022 and has since prepared a team to apply for membership.

Though Jamaica Plain is part of the city of Boston, the parks, urban wilds, playgrounds and community gardens, many supported by the city and state, allow an escape from an overdose of urban life. JP ...

The City’s Urban Wild program is proposing to clean up and improve the Mattahunt Woods with $700,0000 worth of “light touches” that will potentially include adding a trail system, cleaning up large ...