Genetic engineering can make crops that literally grow their own defense, but scientists still need to understand how they degrade in the soil.

New research documents the human toll of palm oil plantation fires in Indonesia. "This disadvantage is impossible to reverse."

Additional "green leaf area" on Earth sounds good, but satellite images show it's not that simple.

The most widely used herbicide, found in many major weed-killing products, ups the risk of some cancers by more than 40 percent.

See how grains like rice and barley spread around the world—far before the Silk Road.

Farmers who recalled a high pesticide exposure event, such as spilling it on their body, were more likely to have poor sense of smell later.

"The potential long-term impacts of biochar are enormous." So why is it taking so long to adopt?

Rather than environmental factors like temperature, the amount and quality of milk cows produce depends on an annual biological cycle.

In what could be a major step for agriculture around the world, researchers have discovered a way to get rice plants replicate as clones for the first time.

Hundreds of dams proposed to control flooding of the Mekong River basin would threaten food security and the envirnoment, researchers warn.