The process turns the human body into nutrient-rich soil naturally in about 30 days, and it could soon be legalized in Washington State.

• By Hallie Golden

A dispatch from a protest at the Utah Bureau of Land Management.

• By Brooke Larsen

Already the largest oil and gas producer in the world, the United States is expected to ramp up oil production more than any other nation in the coming decades.

• By Kate Wheeling

Thus far the program has had its fair share of issues, but it could set the precedent for other areas vulnerable to an earthquake.

• By Amanda Kolson Hurley

A new study found that, during drought conditions, increased termite activity led to considerably higher leaf litter decomposition, increased soil moisture, and greater diversity in soil nutrient distribution.

• By Shreya Dasgupta

The NRDC hopes its new research into municipal pollution can help organizers push for sound, equitable policy.

• By Sophie Yeo

Putting climate at the center of the Democratic platform isn't divisive—quite the opposite. It's a uniting, winning strategy.

• By Sharon Zhang

New research points to the benefits of first establishing the value of science in general.

• By Tom Jacobs

The Conservative British government has rallied behind fracking, but in Lancashire and beyond, locals are pushing back.

• By Sophie Yeo

In a state known for severe droughts, having a front yard that requires watering is becoming a thing of the past.

• By Aleksandra Appleton

Using a cutting-edge observation system, researchers have found that, unless we reduce emissions, the warming of the world's oceans will continue at a rapid pace.

• By Mike Gaworecki

In the city of 790,000 people, bee colonies up to 10,000 strong emerged all over the place and overwhelmed the city's resources.

• By Christy Romer

As wolves arrive in California for the first time since the 1920s, ranchers are turning to non-lethal methods to deter the gray wolves, once seen as livestock-killing vermin.

• By Jake Bullinger

By using foxlights, which mimic a person walking with a flashlight, researchers were able to cut down big cat attacks on llamas and alpacas in the Andes.

• By John C. Cannon

The Trump administration has been systematically rolling back environmental regulations, and now carbon emissions are up across every sector in America.

• By Kate Wheeling

A new study finds that installing solar panels on snow-covered mountains could help close the gap between demand and production during the winter months.

• By Kate Wheeling

In 1919, a massive wave of molasses marked one of the strangest industrial disasters in modern history. It also marked a major moment in U.S. public policy.

• By Jared Keller

A multi-institutional research team used the power of open-access databases to predict the conservation status of more than 150,000 plants.

• By Sue Palminteri

Researchers are working to find a way to mitigate the damage to local populations of the amphibious creatures if a skin eating fungus makes its way to the U.S. from abroad.

• By Morgan Erickson-Davis

David Bernhardt, who will step in to fill the role, is a lawyer and lobbyist with strong fossil fuel and water industry ties.

• By Rebecca Worby

Unless we find a new form of electronic technology that uses less energy, computing will become limited by an "energy crunch" within decades.

• By Daisy Wang & Jared Cole

Satellite data indicates that the Congo Basin lost an area of forest larger than Bangladesh between 2000 and 2014.

• By Morgan Erickson-Davis

Nepal has had remarkable success at tackling the poaching of its greater one-horned rhinos but, since 2015, it has witnessed a sharp increase in deaths from unknown or natural causes.

• By Abhaya Raj Joshi

Health-care professionals have brought much-needed attention to the harm that climate change can cause on human health. But the very system that has helped bring attention to climate change is also driving it.

• By Colleen Chierici