Nature (disambiguation)

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Nature may refer to:

• Nature, the natural world, especially in its essential form, untainted by human influence.
• Nature (philosophy) as a philosophical concept. Also see Natural Philosophy.
• Mother Nature, the personification of nature as a maternal figure
• Nature (innate), the innate behaviour, character or essence of a human or another living organism. See also essence. This meaning of "nature" also represents one side of the nature versus nurture debate
• In mathematics, certain ways of transforming a functor are called natural transformations.

Nature is also used as a name or title:

• Nature (journal), one of the oldest general purpose scientific journals, first published in 1869.
• Nature (radio programme), a BBC Radio 4 programme
• La Nature, a French journal founded in 1873 by Gaston Tissandier
• Nature (book), an essay and collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Nature (TV series), a television program that has been broadcast on PBS since 1982
• Nature (artist), an African-American rapper from Queensbridge, New York City
• Nature_1 is a b-side by Muse.

There are also several meanings for Naturalism.

Regarding the need for preserving some "original nature configurations":

• Conservation ethic in relation to preserving "natural ecosystems":
  • Conservationist, proponents or advocates of conservation
  • Conservation movement, movement seeking to protect plant and animal species as well as the habitats they live in
  • Conservation ecology, any part of ecology that has a bearing on conservation
  • Conservation biology, the protection and management of biodiversity
• Environmental education
• Preservation
• Sustainable living