The fountain of youth has eluded explorers for ages. 

Humans make use of tens of thousands of different kinds of plants, many rare and endangered.

Air conditioning doesn't just cool the air – it can also reduce the risk of harm from bushfire smoke, new research suggests.

A new University of Michigan-led international study finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventionally grown produce.

Temperature, day length and humidity have been found to be linked to the increased spread of a diarrhoeal illness a new study from the University of Surrey reveals. 

Exposure to air pollutants, even at very low concentrations, was associated with adverse changes in cardiometabolic risk factors in a recent Finnish study.

Air pollution is the main environmental cause of early death, and new research from experts in Canada and the United States finds that, in about 75 years, climate change will see the number of air quality alerts in the U.S. to quadruple.

A Rutgers Health researcher collaborates to develop a microscopic technique that zeroes in on the poorly explored world of nanoplastics, which can pass into one’s blood, cells and brain.

To help the monarch butterfly, Texas writer Charlie Scudder decided to home-rear its caterpillars.

With human retinas grown in a petri dish, researchers discover how humans generate the specialized cells that enable us to see millions of colors.