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Researchers in Vermont infected 5,300 American elms with a lethal dose of Dutch elm disease. Those that survive could help them build the most genetically diverse, disease-resistant population yet.
They've mapped an unwelcome guest: the lone star tick.
However, outdated science and views lead many researchers to ignore traditional knowledge.
Some think a Trump administration plan is a chance to boost communities that hemorrhaged jobs after coal plants closed.
"You really cannot address a problem that you can’t identify."
Farmers and fisherfolk across the world are shifting into nighttime work to escape perilous heat.
Here are trusted, reliable resources to use during extreme weather or natural disasters for non-English speakers and undocumented immigrants.
With the threat of another hot summer ahead, advocates asked a federal judge to declare 100-degree-plus conditions in uncooled Texas facilities unconstitutional.
A GOP-led Congress could resuscitate the effort to transfer roughly 2 acres within the Wind River Indian Reservation to a local irrigation district.
