Forty years ago today, iconic Mount St. Helens erupted in southwestern Washington state in the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history.

In May 1980, a satellite watched the mountain violently erupt; satellites over the next forty years watched it recover.

The prolonged period of dry weather in the Czech Republic has resulted in what experts are calling the ‘worst drought in 500 years.’ Scientists are using ESA satellite data to monitor the drought that’s gripped the country.

Vegetation changes can outweigh climate change in rangeland water budgets.

For predators like wolves, cougars and snow leopards, a cow or sheep out to pasture may make for an easy and tasty meal.

A new study on bees, plants and landscapes in upstate New York sheds light on how bee pathogens spread, offering possible clues for what farmers could do to improve bee health.

New study highlights the importance of interdisciplinary collaborations to reduce global food waste due to date labeling, a growing research trend.

A new study reported this week by evolutionary ecologist Lynn Adler at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Rebecca Irwin of North Carolina State University, with others, suggests that flower strips – rows of pollinator-friendly flowers planted with crops – offer benefits for common Eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) colony reproduction, but some plants do increase pathogen infection risk.

Crop modeling is essential for understanding how to secure the food supply as the planet adapts to climate change. 

Corn cultivation spread from Mesoamerica to what is now the American Southwest by about 4000 B.C., but how and when the crop made it to other parts of North America is still a subject of debate.