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In a monumental decision that has been years in the making, all member nations of the European Union have approved a total ban of neonicotinoids, the most widely used insecticide in the world and a well-documented danger...

The controversial insecticides known as neonicotinoids don't just harm bees - according to new research conducted by the University of Saskatchewan, they are also toxic to songbirds...

When trying to get pregnant, many women adopt a healthy diet full of fruits and vegetables. But it turns out they may be compromising their chances — unless the produce is organically grown. According to a new study published...

Conscientious buyers know to look for plants that aren't covered in bee-killing pesticides, but as it turns out, those plants may be doing more harm than good...

A new scientific study adds to the growing amount of evidence that shows pesticides are harming bees. The study published this month in Proceedings of the Royal Society B is the first to look at how neonicotinoid insecticides...

America has a pesticide problem. There are no two ways about it. Although the acreage of farmland across the country is waning, pesticide use is as prevalent as ever in agriculture, in urban settings, in public parks, and...

Health officials are warning that a new, medication-resistant strain of "super lice" has been found in 25 separate states this year. While the regular over the counter shampoos and treatments may not work to eradicate these...

 Photo © Shutterstock A new study in the journal PLoS One has revealed that UK honeybees are only providing a quarter of the pollination that is actually needed for all of its crops...

Image © Shutterstock Just months after Sanaria researchers created the world's first malaria vaccine, UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has made a similar breakthrough in its own large-scale Phase III trial...

Image © Shutterstock Only months after the announcement that Sanaria researchers had created the world's first 100% effective malaria vaccine, UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has made a similar breakthrough in its own large-scale...

When a cook at a school in northeastern India began to prepare a lunch of rice, beans, potato curry and soy balls, she claims to have noticed something wrong with the cooking oil...

Photo via Shutterstock This week is National Pollinator Week, but you wouldn't know it if you stepped into the Target parking lot in Wilsonville, Oregon...

Have you been filling your bird feeder with a Scotts Miracle-Gro brand of birdseed? If so, you might have been poisoning the birds instead of serving them a nice snack...

The discovery of a protective protein in the skin of insects could help scientists develop a chemical-free insecticide. When insects are molting they secrete an enzyme that dissolves their old skin, and Sujata Chaudhari from...