IT was only 106 years ago that experimenting British authorities closed down the common water pump in a busy London square and saw the bustling city’s cholera rate drop dramatically. From that ...

Since the rise of Cartesian thought and industrial modernity, humans have often represented themselves as separate from the world, as masters and possessors of nature. This dualistic vision, opposing ...

A plastic bag blows over the monk seal pup named Koalani at Kaimana Beach. In the past 30 years, 75% of new human pathogens have originated from animals, according to Vezeau, and many common causes of ...

A man has been convicted of obstructing environmental health officers after household waste containing his personal details was found dumped in an alleyway. Several bags were found between All Saints ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — An Esopus man with 25 years of experience implementing environmental policy has been appointed to head up the Ulster County Department of the Environment, according to County ...

SAO PAULO — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons — and when startled, they brandished immense claws. For a long time, scientists ...

Burning Man is supposed to arrive and disappear like the desert breeze. Near the end of every summer, attendees of the multiday mega-festival venture to the Nevada wilderness. Their motto: “Leave no ...

Professor of Microbial Evolution at The Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath The rapid spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) around the globe represents a crisis on many fronts.