New research led by academics at the University of Bristol Veterinary and Medical Schools used the 'One Health' approach to study three bacterial species in the noses of young cattle and found the carriage of the bacteria was surprisingly different. 

Plants can tell the time, and this affects their responses to certain herbicides used in agriculture according to new research led by the University of Bristol. 

When it comes to groundwater quality, fracking receives much of the public attention but misses most of the picture.

Researchers from Swinburne University of Technology and the University of California synthesised 80 years of tree ring research from tropical forests to pinpoint how well they use water.

Unlike animals, plants cannot move and tap into new resources when there is a scarcity or lack of nutrients. 

More than 450 non-native insects and diseases have found their way into U.S. forests, and the millions of trees killed by these pests each year contain more than 5.53 teragrams of carbon (TgC) — equal to the emissions of 4.4 million cars, or the carbon released by one-fifth of all wildfires in the U.S. annually, according to a new study.

Termites are unwelcome in your home. They can cause structural damage to the wood in frames, floors and other materials. 

The most productive places on Earth for solar power are farmlands, according to an Oregon State University study.

One quarter of the world’s tropical land could disappear by the end of the century unless meat and dairy consumption falls, researchers have warned.

In the 1920s, scientists identified aurora trout as a new species native only to northeastern Ontario.