Traditional irrigation canals, or acequias, could help balance the water supply during droughts — if they are protected.

As dams built in the mid-20th century age and risk failure during major rainstorms, rural areas consider hard choices.

Tarazona-Santos, who himself has Indigenous ancestry, is worried about the dearth of data. Certain genes, his team has found, ...

In the U.K., a pharma-run watchdog has been issuing fines and levying suspensions. Could this help build public trust?

For decades, researchers suspected whales keep in touch from far away. A new math-focused analysis bolsters the theory.

A federal judge last month handed a major victory to opponents of water fluoridation, capping a seven-year legal battle over whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to protect the ...

The state's aggressive approach includes declaring an animal health emergency and paying farmers who help researchers.

This year, the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission held a hearing in Santa Fe to seek public input on regulating wastewater discharge from the oil and gas industry. It ended up dealing a blow ...

On a sweltering day in July 2023, a ragtag group of data wonks sat around a table at U Zlatého Tygra, or the Golden Tiger, a historic bar in Prague’s Old Town. A mild sense of outrage hung in the air ...

When Ina Chung, a Colorado mother, first fed packaged foods to her infant, she was careful to read the labels. Her daughter was allergic to peanuts, dairy, and eggs, so products containing those ...

Evans denied the request. But he said the incident stuck with him as an example of how health care providers use drugs — including antipsychotics — as “chemical restraints” to control perceived ...