Far below our feet, animals are quietly shaping the ground into labyrinths that function like villages, towns and even cities. I look at 11 species whose underground engineering rivals human suburbs, ...

Scientists estimate that the total weight of the world’s termites is greater than the weight of all humans combined, a scale that helps explain how such small creatures can reshape entire lands. Their ...

Elon Musk just joined the club of industrialists who build cities. Starbase, a brand-new municipality in Texas anchored by SpaceX’s rocket launches and Martian dreams, is the latest experiment in ...

Quality of life isn’t just about political solutions. So what else makes a city tick? Our correspondents offer some answers. The race to build the tallest building in New York could have resulted in ...

Public-sector leaders must strike a balance among insight, cost and power consumption. Here’s what that looks like in practice. Cities are racing to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) without the ...