A century of rising temperatures has extended the growing season of hardwood forests in the eastern U.S. by one month, a new study finds.

Four sea otters that stranded in California died from an unusually severe form of toxoplasmosis, according to a study from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the University of California, Davis.

A few months ago, the New Castle Generating Station, an hour northwest of Pittsburgh, was named one of the most contaminated coal-fired power plant sites in the country.

Microplastic pollution reduces energy production in a microscopic creature found in freshwater worldwide, new research shows.

Research published in Environmental Research Letters has shown that methane emissions from urban areas are underestimated by a factor of three to four and that untreated wastewater may be a contributing factor.

Natural greenhouse gas emissions from streams and lakes are strongly linked to water discharge and temperature according to a new study led by Linköping University, Sweden.

Temperature influences how badly pesticides affect bees’ behaviour, suggesting uncertain impacts under climate change, according to a new study.

Eight years ago, the data was sound but only suggestive, the evidence strong but circumstantial.

In a scientific first, a team led by physicists at the University of California, Irvine has detected neutrinos created by a particle collider.

A new leaf has turned in scientists' hunt for developing cutting-edge materials used in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV's, touchscreens, and more.