Agriculture

A new study has found that ants can protect crops from pests.

Could we replace pesticides with ants? A new study thinks so.

Worker separate rapeseed seeds from the debris of a storage destroyed by a Russian military strike, July 27.

Ukraine has a unique seed collection that could be ‘lost forever’

Protests against the Dutch government's plans to rein in emissions of nitrogen oxide began in 2020.

Why are thousands of Dutch people against important emissions targets?

Could deodorant run short when climate change heats up?

One-third of the world’s corn could be at risk from climate change

A high number of fruit and veg in the EU were found to be laced with pesticides

Shocking rise in toxic pesticides on European fruit, says study

25/05/2022

Scientists are gene-editing tomatoes.

Genetically modified tomatoes contain more vitamin D, say scientists

24/05/2022

River Po, Italy

The longest river in Italy is drying up: How will locals survive?

14/05/2022

The Amazon Rainforest is being severely impacted by deforestation.

Your pension is fuelling deforestation, a shocking new report reveals

13/04/2022

Climate change is the biggest catastrophe we face, so why are we not reporting on it?

Why is climate change being eclipsed by ‘bigger’ news stories?

27/03/2022

EU allowing more land to be used for animal grazing labelled "counter productive"

Ukraine war could delay EU sustainable farming plans

21/03/2022

For over 15 years, Europe has increasingly relied on crop biofuels to reduce CO2 emissions in transport.

The big problem with biofuels no one is talking about

23/02/2022

Soil health is just as important as human health on our planet.

The fate of our planet 'hinges on soil', scientist reveals

12/02/2022

A nugget made from lab-grown chicken meat is seen during a media presentation in Singapore, the first country to allow the sale of cultivated meat.

China's meat-free five year plan is set to be 'game changing'

31/01/2022

Cows running wild and free in a field in the UK.

This BAFTA-winning film about setting cows free will move you to tears

20/01/2022

Scientists claim to have boosted pea production by electrifying the plants.

Scientists are split over new pea study that electrified crops

17/01/2022

A 3-month-old Howler Monkey is held by biologists at the Endangered Wildlife Rescue Center near Alajuela, Costa Rica, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008.

Human expansion pushes howler monkeys toward deadly power lines

03/01/2022

Planting wildflowers around solar panels could make them a home for bees.

Bumblebees are dying - but could solar parks save them?

14/12/2021

German farmers holding a poster reading "Eating is politics" join farmers from European countries outside the European Parliament to protest the CAP.

What is CAP and why is '#VotethisCAPdown' trending?

26/11/2021

Investors argue the EU's agricultural subsidies are not green, they are harmful

Investors warn EU not to label intensive farming 'sustainable'

25/11/2021

Meet the Chinese millennials quitting their city jobs for a life on the farm.

Chinese millennials quit their ‘empty’ city jobs to become farmers

17/11/2021

Land inequality is directly threatening 1.4 billion of the world’s poorest people, especially women.

What is land inequality and how does it threaten women?

09/11/2021