"Thanks to Northwestern Study Abroad, I found myself in the middle of the Ecuadorian Amazon birding at 5 in the morning, chasing monkeys at noon, and swimming in the river in the afternoon. I would ...

A new study, published in Nature Health, reveals a strong link between exposure to agricultural pesticides in the environment ...

Gene-environment interactions with air pollutants may play critical role in increasing ASD prevalence. Study:Air pollution: an emerging risk factor for autism ...

Studies of the potential climate effects of nuclear war in the 1980s focused on northern hemisphere, large-scale nuclear conflicts, and predicted more extreme global “nuclear winter” scenarios.

The field of environmental studies examines the complex relationships between humans and the natural world. Like environmental science, students of environmental studies learn about ecology, biology, ...

People often get the environmental impact of food wrong, according to new research. While many assume processed foods are the worst, they tend to overlook the surprisingly high impact of items like ...

Environmental and lifestyle factors play a far greater role than genetics in determining the likelihood of dying young, according to the largest study yet to untangle the contributions of nature and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A proposed bill in the Maryland General Assembly seeks to create an analysis and report about the economic, environmental and ...