Ozone pollution caused by Amazon wildfires is significantly reducing the rainforest's ability to absorb carbon dioxide from ...

Some flowers have petals with small semitranslucent sections. Research in New Phytologist reveals that these "windows" alter ...

Farmers use a manufactured version of a natural plant hormone called gibberellic acid to improve the health and growth of ...

New research published in Economic Inquiry reveals that ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft may reduce crime in some ...

The European Union is under pressure to ban "forever chemicals," but a battle is heating up in Brussels over the toxic ...

Four decades after the 1986 nuclear disaster, researchers at Leibniz University Hannover and the Helmholtz-Zentrum ...

A new species of extinct crocodile from Egypt has been discovered, sharing more than just its home with the Great Sphinx.

Many outdoor enthusiasts have spent hours in front of a computer, racing to reserve a campsite, backpacking permit or ...

A flash flood can devastate a community for years in a matter of minutes. These disasters account for roughly 85% of floods ...

El Niño and warming in the tropical Atlantic could help provide advance warning of extreme heat in the Amazon, with some ...

Physicist Francis Halzen has an impressively long list of academic accolades—but every October, as the Nobel Prize rolled ...

Researchers at Colorado State University are leading an attempt to restore Yosemite National Park's iconic meadows before ...