The seemingly muddy Cape Fear River gets clearer and faster as it approaches and passes through Wilmington. Here's why it ...

Over the past four decades, sperm counts among men worldwide have dropped by more than 50 percent, according to a 2022 ...

Extreme heat can have devastating consequences for crops. But its impact is also seen on livestock and fish. Heat stress can ...

When I look around my apartment, I see little tools in each room that help me get through my day with more ease: a collection of eye shadows and lipsticks in my bathroom, nonstick pans in the kitchen ...

Short-chain perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds (PFAS) such as perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) are increasingly ...

The illegal drug’s main byproduct, benzoylecgonine, caused more robust effects than cocaine itself. Wastewater treatment ...

Cocaine pollution has sharks and salmon off the rails — and it’s not their fault. “Party" pollution refers to drugs entering ...

Humans are not the only species negatively affected by increasingly hot and humid conditions. Intense heat waves sometimes ...

This spring is expected to be less mosquito-heavy than usual, as the past winter and the cool spring are slowing the ...

Every time a dolphin nurses her calf, she may also be passing along industrial chemicals that persist for years in the body.

Scientists found that cocaine pollution in water makes salmon and other fish swim farther and behave differently in the wild.