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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As her patient blows into a snorkel-like mouthpiece, Jennifer Winget cheers her on. “Keep going! Keep going!” she urges, voice rising all six times she says it as the patient strains to expel every ...