CU Boulder study finds people are behind costly, increasing risk of wildfire to millions of homes

Raising slower-growing broiler chickens means less efficiency for producers and potentially higher costs for consumers, but it would improve the welfare of millions of birds.

Intense fires raged in several western states over the Labor Day weekend.

Research team with participation from Göttingen University investigates effects on plants, forests and grassland

Livestock grazing is reducing the biodiversity of herbivores and pollinators worldwide, according to a new study led by University of Alberta researchers that examined the impact of grazing on a larger scale than ever before.

An international team has decoded the full genome for the black mustard plant.

Farmers and fruit growers are reporting that climate change is leading to increased ozone concentrations on the soil surface in their fields and orchards – an exposure that can cause irreversible plant damage, reduce crop yields and threaten the food supply, say materials chemists led by Trisha Andrew at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Scientists at UBC are unravelling the mysteries behind a persistent problem in commercial beekeeping that is one of the leading causes of colony mortality—queen bee failure.

Many state and local boundaries around the world—including many in the United States—are the product of rivers.

Months of torrential rains have caused Lakes Baringo and Bogoria to swell, creating several problems for local wildlife and people.