Farmers have increasingly sown a single type of grass in their fields over the past 100 years, and then added chemical ...

Losing weight can benefit health, but it's important to avoid unsafe diets. Dietitians recommend avoiding diets such as ...

Researchers are trying to understand why some wild species do better than others over time, as the environment changes.

More than a quarter of Connecticut's plant and wildlife species need more conservation research due to declining populations, ...

Beavers, earthworms, prairie dogs, elephants, and more don't just live in ecosystems, they reshape them to the benefit of ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

A plant used in Brazilian medicine has scientific potential to help people with arthritis and other inflammatory conditions.

Nature has many lethal predators that would love to eat you. Most of these are animals. But what about plants? Well, there's one plant that thrives in boggy areas and has a taste for insects, The ...

In early 2024, Michael Fedoroff trekked out to Tuckabum Creek in York County, Alabama. The environmental anthropologist was there to help plant 300 stalks of rivercane, a bamboo plant native to North ...

Most people spend December preparing for holidays, checking off gift lists, and racing toward year-end deadlines. But December 10 carries a quieter, heavier meaning. It is International Animal Rights ...

Cold weather may put extra strain on your muscles. Plant-based proteins can help them bounce back by providing key amino acids and antioxidants that may help fight inflammation, without relying on ...