Since the 1970s, the U.S. has lost billions of birds. We now know that those losses aren't just growing—they are accelerating ...

Agriculture is driving rapid evolutionary change, not just on farms but also in wild species in surrounding landscapes, new research has found. New research in Science is showing how the rise of ...

Intensive agriculture developed during the second half of the 20 th century and is still widely used today. Yet more and more voices are being heard for a return to more traditional techniques, even ...

Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago and their population is shrinking ever faster, ...

WASHINGTON— A new study finds that billions fewer birds are flying through North America compared to a decade ago and populations are shrinking faster than ever, primarily because of high-intensity ...

Why have tech heavyweights, including Google and Microsoft, become so deeply integrated in agriculture? And who benefits from ...

Soil nitrogen mineralization (N min) is a key process that converts organic N into mineral N that controls soil N availability to plants. However, regional assessments of soil N min in cropland and ...

Intensive farming promises high yields, but the hidden cost is devastating landscapes. This video explores the damage and ...

Industrial agriculture depends on monoculture—growing single crops that can be easily planted, fertilized, treated with pesticides, and harvested—especially on large-scale, mechanized farms. In spite ...

New research in Science is showing how the rise of modern agriculture has turned a North American native plant, common waterhemp, into a problematic agricultural weed. An international team led by ...