After a fire at a Monterey County battery storage facility, scientists say high levels of heavy metals were found at a nearby ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — New research using publicly-shared DNA barcodes and citizen science images have provided new evidence on the establishment and spread of a biological ...

Wetlands are ecosystems, in which water is the primary factor controlling the environment and the associated plant and animal life ... oases, estuaries, deltas and tidal flats, mangroves and ...

Dunedin (Monday, 27 January 2025) – The Dunedin City Council has identified Avian Botulism, a disease that causes paralysis in birds and often kills them, at the Waikouaiti wastewater treatment plant, ...

Choosing between animal and plant protein sources depends on several factors, including your individual nutrition goals, dietary preferences, and the cultural or ethical values that shape your eating ...

Many Animals and Plants Are Losing Their Genetic Diversity, Making Them More Vulnerable WASHINGTON (AP) — Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity ...

Human activities are altering and accelerating the rate of change, threatening our wetlands’ continued existence.

Three heavy metals were found at concentrations thousands of times greater after the fire. The implications for wildlife hang ...

These two groups can be split into many smaller ones. Plants that make seeds are either flowering plants or conifer trees. Plants that don't make seeds are either ferns or mosses. feed grow ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rose bushes stand in the snow on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) A cardinal ...

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists from San Jose State University’s Moss Landing ...

"These are very disturbing numbers," said County of Monterey Supervisor Glenn Church. "... We're in uncharted territory." ...