If you are from - or have traveled through - the American South, you are probably quite familiar with okra. Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is...

A revolutionary announcement has been recently made by Bhutan, a small Himalayan kingdom located between China and India. The tiny nation - home to approximately...

For the first time ever, the presence of chikungunya fever, a tropical ailment spread by mosquitoes, has been confirmed in the United States. Two...

A highly contagious and drug-resistant bacteria is spreading throughout hospitals in the southeastern United States at an alarming rate, with a fivefold increase in...

Who could have guessed that crustacean shells would prove so incredibly useful to humans? Late last spring, Harvard researchers designed a new biodegradable plastic,...

The latest large-scale retailer joining the organic movement is - rather surprisingly - Walmart. The monolithic superstore has announced that it will be carrying...

As pregnancy is a time when women experience major hormonal changes, mood disturbances and depression are quite common. About 20 percent of pregnant women...

While the advances in and widespread use of cellphones has done us a lot of good - such as always having a way to...

While the use of an insecticide class known as neonicotinoids is still widespread in the United States, some cities are taking action on a...

News on the anti-GMO front has recently surfaced from Northern New Zealand, where Proposed Plan Change 18 has received unanimous approval by the Far...