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If GMO salmon escape, scientists say they could breed with brown trout, creating monster trout that outgrow normal fish and outcompete them for food.
The ag-tech giant paid "experts" to discredit critics and support shills, according to a new story.
This couple plans to let dophins assist in their birthing process, and then probably immediately eat the baby. Don't trust dolphins.
A new report in the journal Science discovers there are a lot of things about fracking we don’t know. But since we've fracked half the country anyway, we're going to find out.
Exurban development patterns not only worsen climate change, they also make residents more vulnerable to one of its effects.
American taxpayers spent more money cleaning up and helping out after natural disasters in 2012 than they spent on education or transportation.
Next time you find yourself drunk at a festival, instead of finding an isolated patch of grass to pee on, consider the public tower of straw that turns your pee into plant-friendly compost.
Throughout most of human existence, population growth has been so slow as to be imperceptible within a single generation. Reaching...
Melting ice and rising seas are shifting the position of the North Pole by eight inches a year.