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Increasing amounts of plastic in our brains has scientists questioning how microplastics impact cognitive health.

Polar bears struggle to have enough energy to survive because melting sea ice makes it harder to find food.

Do you have a bird feeder at home? Fifty percent of Americans do. Learn how to feed the birds without causing them to crash into your window.

Climate change’s effects can be reduced by soils storing carbon. But the soil carbon sink is itself vulnerable to climate change.

Environmental conditions influenced the time and space of the first human migrations according to archaeological, genetic, and climatic data.

Surfrider Foundation volunteers working hard to protect clean water at their local beaches.

Bioengineers produce a plant-based protein with a fraction of the environmental impact of meat by altering mushroom proteins.

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria help plants obtain a usable form of nitrogen. But what’s the science behind it, and how can it benefit crops?

Flying insects seem magnetized by light, but why? New research uncovers the dorsal-light-response mechanism behind this phenomenon.