Better productivity has come at expense of ecosystems but new and old practices show their vibrancy can be restored ...

Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a new study has found. The findings go against the conventional wisdom that industrialized farming reduces the risk of disease ...

A new scientific review warns that heavy metals, microplastics, and antibiotic resistance genes are creating a "triple threat ...

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) amongst wheat, Ile de France, France. House sparrow populations have been halved throughout Europe in the past 40 years. There are many factors contributing to the ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 5, 2025) A biomonitoring study in Environmental Geochemistry and Health, focused on small-scale farms in Pahang, Malaysia, analyzes levels of essential and toxic elements in ...

Intensive livestock farming could raise the risk of new pandemics, researchers have warned. Industrialised farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from ...

Intensive livestock farming could raise the risk of new pandemics, researchers have warned. Industrialized farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from ...

Overuse of antibiotics, high animal numbers and low genetic diversity from intensive farming increase the risk of animal pathogens transferring to humans. Overuse of antibiotics, high animal numbers ...

Scientists agree that changes in land use such as deforestation, not just emissions of greenhouse gases, can play a significant role altering the world's climate systems. Now, a new study reveals how ...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has advised leaders and residents of the Busoga sub-region to adopt the right farming models ...

An attempt is being made in the Netherlands to assess the impact of solar projects on soil quality and biodiversity. Staff from research center TNO, Wageningen University & Research, consultancy ...