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 ...

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

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

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. In what’s been heralded as a research breakthrough, scientists have discovered a gene variant that makes rice more resilient, enabling plants to produce ...

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 ...

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

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. How farmers manage their soils is a stronger predictor of soil health than whether the land is organically- or conventionally-farmed, a new study finds. The ...

Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing commercial fishing inside nearly 1.3 million square kilometers of protected waters in the Pacific Ocean. The order, titled ...