Plants reflect urban climate and soil conditions with remarkable precision. Using more than 80 million observations from ...

On a trip to Siberia in 2019, cognitive scientist Pablo Fernandez Velasco attended a raffle drawing with the region’s Evenki reindeer herders. Prizes included a soccer ball, tea, a portable radio, a ...

Harvard researchers argue California should lower its cleanup goal for lead in soil from 80 milligrams per kilogram to 55 mg/kg. The scientists contend the state’s number is based on outdated science.

Environments are littered with the DNA of the creatures that inhabit them. Analyzing it could provide a real-time view of how our planet is changing. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

An animal ecologist researching large marine animals such as whales and dolphins, Assistant Professor IWATA Takashi of the Graduate School of Maritime Sciences has performed surveys in oceans across ...

Plastic bags littering the shoreline is a common sight on beaches around the world. CREDIT: Prasit Photo via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter ...

A computer used for artificial intelligence at the University at Albany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center is displayed in a lab at the ETEC building on the UAlbany campus. New majors are expected ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering the elimination of its science arm and firing most of that branch’s employees according to documents reviewed by the Democratic staff of the ...

The Trump administration this week dismissed members of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee and Science Advisory Board. “A decision has been made to ...