Last year, droughts devastated staple food crops across the developing world, cutting production by about half in some countries. 

Breathing dirty air takes a heavy toll on gut bacteria, boosting risk of obesity, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders and other chronic illnesses, new University of Colorado Boulder research suggests.

Researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it rains iron. 

Climate change could threaten the survival and development of common whelk – a type of sea snail – in the mid-Atlantic region, according to a study led by scientists at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.

Birds alighting on driveways and baby bunnies munching on lawn grass should keep something in mind: Beware the house cat.

More information about the effects human activities have on Southeast Asian coral reefs has been revealed, with researchers looking at how large-scale global pressures, combined with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate pattern, can detrimentally impact these delicate marine ecosystems.

Life expectancy is influenced not only by the traditional lifestyle-related risk factors but also by factors related to a person's quality of life, such as heavy stress. 

The ICTA-UAB begins a scientific expedition in the Atlantic Ocean to collect dust and smoke samples from the fires of tropical Africa deposited in marine sediments. 

In patients with epilepsy, normal neurological activity becomes disrupted, causing debilitating seizures. 

One bayou meanders toward downtown Houston. The other runs in parallel to the south, much of it through a concrete channel.