The year also saw unprecedented number of human contracting avian influenza caused by the H5N1 virus in the US ...

With the native Mexico plant known to produce tequila, agave is being study with the first funding by the state through UC ...

The wonders of weather, climate, and the vast seas are explored and explained in “Megalodons, Mermaids, and Climate Change: ...

With his pick for ambassador to Mexico, Trump signals that he might be serious about sending U.S. troops to fight the drug ...

In recent days the president-elect has called for asserting U.S. control over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing that ...

Those who follow the energy transition seem perpetually pitched between elation and despair. For every fragment of positive ...

Indigenous lands worldwide, whether through land rights gains, land grabbing, restoring spiritual connections to lands, or ...

Only 21 percent of residential recyclables are currently being recycled, according to a January report from The Recycling Partnership. The report found that every material type is under-recycled and ...

As we wrap up the year, we looked into the development and humanitarian priorities of the world’s largest official donors.

Sweden should remove its prohibition on uranium mining to allow it to be exploited like other natural resources regulated ...

The endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys that dangle high in the rainforest canopy are elusive and hard for scientists to ...

The world has experienced an extraordinary surge in heat, catapulting the climate system into uncharted territory.