Agriculture

Corals may be more resilient than we thought, suggests evidence that reefs once recovered after a 2,500-year collapse.

Ancient humans had little impact on the outlying forests of the Amazon Basin, a study suggests.

One in 10 people living in a productive agricultural area of central California is at risk for nitrate contamination in their drinking water.

The use of these formations could have led to the local extinction of these grazing animals.

Climate change and then humans appear to have isolated a vulnerable population of gorillas.

They display both physiological and behavioral responses when their chicks are distressed.

Residents of the settlement may have built the stone monument to mark the summer solstice.

The rice seeds are duplicates of those stored in a genebank and act as a backup in case of a natural or man-made disaster.

An archaeologist has evidence beer may have helped lead to the rise of civilization.