New research reveals that a termite shortage might be at the root of slower decomposition of dead wood in second growth ...

The world produces billions of metric tons of animal waste. Imagine turning it into one of the world’s most used materials ...

In a creative fusion of science and literature, researchers trace the past range and decline of a rare Chinese porpoise ...

Researchers created an elegantly simple device that uses the flow of water through tiny tubes to produce enough electricity ...

Remote health care appointments in the United States prevented carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to that of 130,000 ...

They discovered a gene variant that not only shields rice from heat stress, it also produces more and better grains.

Dams are great for the climate but fatal for some fish. Here’s how that could change.

Tens of thousands of oil wells are scattered across the peatlands of western Canada. When these wells eventually run dry, simple techniques could enable the restoration of natural peatland ecosystems ...

Water is cascading in wide, noisy plumes down the masonry spillway of the Conowingo, a 94-foot hydropower dam spread across the lower Susquehanna River in Maryland. Through the river spray you can ...