An annual count of monarch butterflies conducted by the United States and Mexico as the insects migrate back and forth over ...

Physical inactivity rises alongside temperature. A study in Lancet projected up to 520,000 additional deaths by 2050 and $2.59 billion in annual productivity losses.

A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications examines how dietary choices are influenced by exposure to food outlets throughout the day. The advent of readily available, inexpensive, ...

Every year, companies produce more than 400 million metric tons of plastic. Some of that plastic spills onto waterways or beaches, clogging streams or floating in huge gyres in the ocean. Some of it ...

Electric vehicles in the United States produce fewer greenhouse gases than gas automobiles, even when factoring in battery-making emissions, limited range during bad weather and coal-fired power grids ...

Toxic “forever chemicals” are increasingly appearing in U.S. pesticides — contaminating waterways and posing a possible threat to human health, a new study has found. Pesticides containing these ...

Life sciences and photonics researchers at Tampere University have made a remarkable discovery in studying superficial cells' response to mechanical stimuli. By simulating the deformation of the ...

Environmental and lifestyle factors play a far greater role than genetics in determining the likelihood of dying young, according to the largest study yet to untangle the contributions of nature and ...

One Mid-Atlantic state offers the best conditions for immigrants, while others across the Northeast lag behind, according to ...