An unpublished World Bank report states a large-scale push in the U.S. and the European Union (UN) to convert food crops to biofuel has tightened supplies and raised financial speculation,

In a study over whether agricultural chemicals pose a threat to amphibians, UF zoologists have found that toads in suburban areas are less likely to suffer from reproductive system abnormalities than toads near farms.

Fireworks this Fourth of July may be more eco-friendly than they have been in the past. Researchers have revised the chemistry behind the spectacular displays that many of us enjoy watching.

The number of hungry people increased by about 50 million in 2007 as a result of high food prices, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said today.

Residents in Saint-Léonard, NB are (no doubt) relieved to hear of the safe return of their pollinating friends to their home in southern Ontario. The same might not be said for the bees, themselves.

The problems in Ontario's auto industry have taken a turn for the worse as Progressive Moulded Products Ltd., announces it has ceased operations at the plants in Concord and Rexdale.

Oil prices continue to climb with the anticipation they will reach a new high just in time for the United States July 4 celebrations.

Dutch ecologist Marijke van Kuijk has studied the regeneration of the tropical forest in Vietnam. Abandoned agricultural land does regenerate to tropical forest, but only slowly.

A Virginia museum recruited three West African bushmen to build a mud-hut village but they were denied visas because custom officials say the men were poor and didn’t speak English.

After graduating from India's top business school, this unique individual returns to his roots to fulfill a dream of making his home state the vegetable hub of India.

The cause is not yet known and the hunt is on for what caused salmonella to sicken up to 4,000 Danes. To date, 330 cases have been confirmed.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is alarmed by the dramatic decline of at least 30 percent in the Bengal tiger population of Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal.

Schools in the province of Alberta are eager to attract New Brunswick's french immersion teachers if the NB french immersion program is closed.

The United Nations expects China to be at the forefront of efforts to tackle the world’s biggest challenges, such as climate change.

Tomatoes, after being assumed to be responsible for an outbreak of Salmonella, were pulled from fast food chains, off of grocery shelves and people were scared to eat them. Now health officials admit that tomatoes may not have been the original problem.

One has to wonder why this hasn't been reported by the major news outlets, why outrage hasn't been expressed, and why it took a blogger to bring the Florida House of Representatives -State Affairs Committee video segment to our attention?

Warming in the Antarctic, as well as commercial fishing, mining, and oil and gas development at lower latitudes, has led to declines in many penguin species.

The humanitarian situation inside Afghanistan is getting worse, with civilian casualties rising and food prices soaring.

A transport truck carrying bee hives that contained approximately 12 million honey bees overturned on the Trans-Canada Highway in Northern New Brunswick.

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined that starvation blocks the effects of growth hormone via a mechanism that may have implications in treating diabetes and extending life span.