Environment

Marek's disease can be pervasive in chicken houses. Chickens infected by this highly contagious viral disease often develop tumors, become paralyzed and die. They can shed the virus through their...

What’s new: Your recently imported ornamental tree might have a stowaway spider or lizard hidden in its branches, a recent study warns. What’s more, these accidentally transported wildlife can turn...

The first thing Amanda Cronin did when her supervisor offered her a job at the Environmental Protection Agency was buy herself a big piece of chocolate cake. The 25-year old...

In his first full cabinet meeting of his second term, which was attended by Elon Musk, President Donald Trump praised dramatic planned cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency and his...

White dwarfs may present amenable environments for life on planets formed within or migrated to their habitable zones, generating warmer surface environments than those of planets with main-sequence host stars,...

New research is shedding light on how environmental factors, particularly indoor temperature, can affect brain function in older individuals. A study has revealed that deviations from an optimal temperature range...

Parents of angsty teens have almost certainly heard this line at least once: I didn’t ask to be born. For fish embryos, communication about their impending birth appears quite the...

Peanut the Squirrel Bomb Threats on State Offices Force Closures Statewide!!! Peanut the Squirrel 's supporters are making it clear they're pissed NY State officials confiscated and euthanized the animal...

When it comes to life and its history on Earth, meteorite impacts have been one of the ever-present threats to total extinction. It's even possible that life may have had...

Environmental leaders from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Colombia to assess historic commitments to halt and reverse the loss of nature. The two-week United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) starting...