The Endangered Species Act (ESA), now 50 years old, was once a rare beacon of bipartisan unity, signed into law by President ...

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered crucial evidence for the origin of water on Earth. Using a ...

Scientists have unveiled a new food source designed to sustain honey bee colonies indefinitely without natural pollen.

A spat between birds at a backyard birdfeeder highlights the sometimes fierce competition for resources that animals face in ...

Most people think of crocodilians as living fossils—stubbornly unchanged, prehistoric relics that have ruled the world's swampiest corners for millions of years. But their evolutionary history tells a ...

UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Scott Winton has been wading through thick, smelly muck in the ...

Imagine a Slushee composed of ammonia and water encased in a hard shell of water ice. Now picture these ice-encrusted ...

Inactive ingredients in agricultural, pharmaceutical, and other common products have typically been excluded from ...

Scientists have hypothesized since the 1960s that the sun is a source of ingredients that form water on the moon. When a ...

In a bid to engage more U.S. high school students in computer science, the College Board introduced a new Advanced Placement ...

A new study led by Prof. Bao Anming from the Institute of Xinjiang Ecology and Geography (XIEG) of the Chinese Academy of ...

Prescribed burns literally fight fire with more fire. Often referred to as "beneficial fires," they target areas at risk for ...