A hydrologist explains why the region is known as Flash Flood Alley and how its geography and geology can lead to heavy downpours and sudden, destructive floods.

Evidence suggests this alternative to culling the bird’s predators is effective.

Nature is medicine – so why has the government’s health plan ignored it?

Subsurface heatwaves are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more intense.

Medicaid improves access to care for low-wage workers who cannot survive on bare-bone benefits offered by their employers.

A provision in the big legislative package and a related Supreme Court ruling mark the culmination of a strategy to defund the health care provider that was in full swing by 2007.

Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the evolution of urban animals and plants.

It’s a beneficial nutrient - but taking it in supplement form can come with long-term health risks.

Most fungi that partner with plants are known only from trace DNA sequences left in soil.