With artificial photosynthesis, humankind could utilize solar energy to bind carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen. Chemists have taken this one step further: They have synthesized a stack of dyes that ...

This week, we reported on the difficulty humans experience trying to read their dogs' emotions. Researchers reported that ...

Microplastics are silently sabotaging the planet’s greenery, curbing photosynthesis, and threatening food security.

But they’re not the only crawlies on the move, and more will come as the climate warms. Michaela Gower reports. A few years ...

Dr. Michael Fox considers the multiple contributing factors—veterinary, ethical, and environmental—underlying an integrated ...

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains.

We asked Nikki Brighton to explain why humans should consider a diet that is very green and close to home — the diet of a locavore, or even her preferred self-description of invasivore.

Sorghum is an increasingly important crop for animal and human nutrition, especially in arid and semi-arid regions, due to ...

Next time you’re outside, say a silent thanks for the many unsung insect pollinators helping to keep our ecosystems healthy.

Water is life, they say; it is certainly life for plants and animals, too, but when humans do not have enough of it for their ...

What is similar between Asian green mussels, iguanas and lionfish? They are all invasive species in Florida you can eat. Here ...

Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the dodo. The bird — fat and flightless, found by 17th ...