Lab-grown meat is getting a lot of attention along with plant-based meat substitutes.

Humans began cultivating crops about 12,000 years ago. Ants have been at it rather longer. 

Changes in agriculture, trade, food production and consumption after the collapse of the Soviet Union led to a large reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, a new study has found.

Global demand for coffee and cocoa is on the rise. Yet across the equatorial belt where these two crops are produced, the future is not looking bright. 

Wetlands are an important part of the Earth’s natural water management system. 

Scientists are testing nets illuminated with LED lights to see if increasing net visibility reduces sea turtle bycatch in gillnet fisheries.

In Japan, tea farms are found in warm areas, whose northern limit is Ibaraki prefecture, where green tea has been produced. 

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are well known for protecting biodiversity, but their effects on people who use the oceans are debated.

A Parks Canada scientist is conducting research at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) on bovine tuberculosis in bison to improve diagnosis of the disease and to develop better vaccines.

In an aspen-dominated hardwood forest at the northern tip of the state’s Lower Peninsula, University of Michigan scientists are testing ways to make the region’s forests more resilient to climate change.