Can meat be a part of an environmentally sustainable diet?

Footprints, offsets, and conversion factors: The jargon of sustainability can confuse even the most environmentally sensitive among us, particularly in the supermarket aisles. Here’s a handy...

What does it take to make people care about climate change? In France and the U.S., very different kinds of arguments.

A new study concludes that reusable shopping bags can harbor bacteria and fungi. But a closer look reveals that this supposed public-health threat may be more of a scare campaign....

In the name of food safety, California farmers have been waging a needless war against native wildlife.

The devastating fires this month have ruined lives and livelihoods. Here’s how to help.

A new harvesting procedure keeps fish alive during caviar extraction—and it may help bring sturgeon back from the brink of extinction.

A promising idea called “catch shares” may be the solution to dwindling fish stocks and cutthroat competition among fishermen.

King Corn stands alone as the last crop, battered and wind swept. The gaudy tassel top hats of August have long since broken off and blown away.

It’s the heart of the corn harvest, and nothing is moving. Farmers worry that their predicament could lead to a genuine disaster.