Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a green way to create chitin, by using two forms of food waste – prawn shells and discarded fruit – and fermenting them.

Model helps warn of worst desert locust swarms in a quarter century

The Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M estimates some of the state's agricultural products could see losses of up to 40 percent.

Campaigns to plant 1 trillion trees must be undertaken with care and a commitment to long-term management

Soils in deserts are very different from those found anywhere else. 

Forest buffers help protect grazing land and animals from the Japanese island's cold, windy winters.

Texas A&M engineering researchers have created mesh-like mats made with tannic acid. Used in bandages or inside food storage containers, they can help promote prolonged antioxidant activity.

Logging of native forests increases the risk and severity of fire and likely had a profound effect on the recent, catastrophic Australian bushfires, according to new research.

Rising ocean temperatures threaten seagrass meadows and their ability to hold carbon

Spending time in the garden is linked to similar benefits for health and wellbeing as living in wealthy areas, according to a new large-scale study.