An analysis of federal data shows a pronounced decline, despite alarming conditions found at some manufacturers.

Weather modification practices have become a political target. But a different story has been playing out in the West.

A longstanding push for urgent action on environmental toxins is landing in an unprecedented time in American politics.

It was thought that Aedes aegypti could not survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in Colorado.

The explosion of populations east of the Mississippi was made possible by logging and the slaughter of wolves.

State health officials appear to have deviated from the usual response during an outbreak after it killed two infants.

Regulations make it hard to introduce organisms that quash invasive species. Some experts see missed opportunities.

CROSS SECTIONS: Dissecting the contentious and the controversial — with science at the core. During the June meeting, FDA advisers raised a range of issues related to the quality of evidence. To move ...

In August, two parents in California filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming that the company was responsible for their teenage son’s suicide. The previous fall, according to Maria and Matthew Raine, ...

CROSS SECTIONS: Dissecting the contentious and the controversial — with science at the core. The anti-sunscreen movement’s concerns stem in part from data showing that chemicals in certain sunscreens ...

Jeffrey Kluger's "Gemini" argues that the program was more milestone than stepping stone in the 1960s space race.