Agriculture

Swapping one food for another can help lower your household's carbon emissions, study shows

Swapping meat lasagna for vegetarian isn't just healthier for you — it's also healthier for the plan...

us | 4 months ago

"Sludge" from Mormon cricket invasion causes multiple crashes in Nevada

Mormon crickets are once again creating chaos in Nevada, where officials said they caused multiple c...

us | 4 months ago

More than 4 million chickens to be killed in Iowa after officials detect bird flu on farm

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected among a massive flock of egg-laying ch...

us | 4 months ago

Brazil unveils $4 million supercow, twice as meaty as others of her breed

Brazil has hundreds of millions of cows, but one in particular is extraordinary. Worth $4 million, V...

world | 4 months ago

New King Charles portrait vandalized at London gallery

Animal rights activists vandalized a new portrait of King Charles III Tuesday as it was displayed at...

world | 4 months ago

Ramdhan Lodha on winning a special mention at the Indian Silicon Valley Challenge hosted by the Scaler of School of Technology

Weeds are to farmers what parasites are to the human body. They have no business being there and the...

technology | 3 months ago

Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilizers are in part to blame

When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-...

world | 2 months ago

Painkiller used in cattle wiped out India's vultures, and scientists say that led to 500,000 human deaths

New Delhi — Scientists say Indian farmers' eager uptake of a painkiller for their cattle in the 1990...

world | 2 months ago

As America's farming population ages, a new program looks to cultivate its next generation

Cream Ridge, New Jersey — On an acre of land in Cream Ridge, New Jersey, Christina Couch is a one-wo...

us | 2 months ago

New Jersey-sized "dead zone" that can kill fish and marine life emerges in Gulf of Mexico

More than 4 million acres of marine life habitat have become a "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, th...

us | 2 months ago

Why communities should retain their heirloom seeds and knowledge systems

Kunuji Kulusika crouches over a silver plate on which numerous little piles of seeds are arranged an...

entertainment | 1 month ago

Dozens of people and cattle killed as fuel tanker collides with another truck in Nigeria

Abuja, Nigeria — A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an e...

world | 1 month ago

Shrimp farmers, peelers in Asia exploited by U.S. supermarkets for big profits, research finds

A new investigation focused on three of the world's largest producers of shrimp released on Monday c...

world | 2 weeks ago