Agriculture

Our friends the bees have certain behaviors that are unhealthy to the hive and scary for passersby. One behavior,…

In India, agriculture employs more than 50% of the country. It’s also in crisis due to climate change and…

Since November, hundreds of thousands of farmers and their supporters have been protesting across India, calling for…

In recent years, vertical farming has emerged as a futurist’s solution to the world’s agricultural problems. The…

All of our crops have naturally-occurring predecessors that are found in the wild. But that may not be the case for…

Ending hunger is one of the top priorities of the United Nations this decade. Yet the world appears to be backsliding

The mission of Wildlife Services, an office in the Department of Agriculture (USDA), is “to provide federal…

The past 50 years have been a nightmare for wildlife. Globally, the recorded population sizes of mammals, fish,…

Some people are apparently using Amazon to send thousands of seeds to recipients that didn’t order them in the U.S.…

In a future world, leafy vegetables may not be grown in rows of crops under the sun. Instead, they may be grown…

It’s clear that human activities such as land use and fossil fuel extraction have caused ecological changes like the…

Earlier this week, the Midwest got absolutely pummeled by a powerful derecho. But the impacts were most severe in…

Historically, sulfur emissions have come from coal-fired power plants. In the years since the Clean Air Act helped…

The most commonly used pesticides in the world have been a disaster for bees. But new research shows they’re also…

Bees are on the decline. New research suggests that could have serious implications for global access to food.

For years, vertical farming has captured headlines, including on this very website. A new study published in the…

Burger King just launched a low-methane Whopper, made by changing cows’ diets, with a super cringe ad campaign. It’s…

The fossil fuel industry rightly gets a lot of flack for how it contributes to the climate crisis, but a recent repor…

It feels like the 1930s all over again. We’re facing an economic depression and there’s a push for New Deal-style…

Covid-19 is a zoonotic virus, meaning it spread to humans from animals. Scientists aren’t sure which animal spread…