Today, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released the latest edition of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) for the U.S. – the most comprehensive land cover database that the USGS has ever produced.

An international team is using advanced tools to develop crops that give farmers more options for sustainably producing more food on less land.

Charcoal may be the solution to reducing ammonia pollution and lowering greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer for crop plants, according to a groundbreaking study by a University of Guelph soil scientist.

While poor hygiene may be a deal breaker in human relationships, in bee colonies it can be a matter of life and death.

A University of Saskatchewan research team has found that some food imported to Saskatoon from certain Asian countries has tested positive for “superbugs”—strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria— but immediate health concerns are likely low.

If there’s one thing potato plants don’t like, it’s heat. 

Topping the list of Australia’s major crops, wheat is grown on more than half the country’s cropland and is a key export commodity. 

IIASA researchers collaborated with colleagues in Japan to clarify the impacts of stringent climate mitigation policies on food security. 

Wild pigs—a mix of wild boar and domestic swine—are spreading rapidly across Canada, threatening native species such as nesting birds, deer, agricultural crops, and farm livestock, research by the University of Saskatchewan (USask) shows.

As invasive shrubs become more prevalent in U.S. forests, they are creating dense understories that outcompete native plants.