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Heatwave Cooks Crustaceans in Their Shells in Canada

The heatwave that devastated farmers and farmworkers in the Pacific Northwest last week also wreaked... (more)

Alex Robinson
July 8, 2021
Supreme Court Rejects Case Involving California Meat Regulations

The US Supreme Court will not hear arguments in the case of the North American... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
June 28, 2021
How Bee-Impersonating Flies Help With Pollination

Bees and butterflies might be the best-known pollinators, but they aren’t the only ones. Bats,... (more)

Shelby Vittek
June 24, 2021
Thousand-Year-Old Egg Found in Poop Hole

When you start digging in a big hole full of ancient human poop, you may... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
June 23, 2021
USDA to Strengthen Antitrust Laws for Meatpacking

For decades, the meat industry has enjoyed what the National Farmers Union calls “lax antitrust... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
June 16, 2021
How Can We Prevent the Next Zoonotic Disease Outbreak?

For some, reports of a deadly new virus spreading across the planet seemingly came out... (more)

Shelby Vittek
June 14, 2021
A Group of Indigenous Fishermen Want to Take the Government of Canada...

Cody Caplin is frustrated. The Indigenous fisherman catches lobster, salmon and smelt in the waters... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
June 10, 2021
Study: Livestock Methane Emissions Are Much Higher Than Thought

Methane is not quite as abundant, as far as greenhouse gases go, as carbon dioxide—but... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
June 7, 2021
A New Approach to Protecting Bees From Toxic Pesticides

An estimated 35 percent of our food directly relies on pollinators, such as honeybees. But... (more)

Shelby Vittek
June 3, 2021
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