Intensive livestock farming could raise the risk of new pandemics, researchers have warned. Industrialized farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from ...

Intensive livestock farming could raise the risk of new pandemics, researchers have warned. Industrialised farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from ...

England's farms have significantly reduced their environmental footprint over the past decade, according to new modeling that ...

Industrial agriculture depends on monoculture—growing single crops that can be easily planted, fertilized, treated with pesticides, and harvested—especially on large-scale, mechanized farms. In spite ...

Many words we use come with hidden baggage. For instance we tend to assume that local, natural and grass-fed foods are good for our health, the environment and animal welfare, while intensive farming ...

Swiss-themed cow bells are displayed for sale inside a souvenir store in Lucerne, Switzerland, on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. The Swiss National Bank will abolish its franc ceiling once it starts raising ...

Five tonnes of fish and crustaceans have washed ashore over the past 10 days at Spain's Mar Menor, once a lagoon paradise that is slowly dying from agricultural pollution. Overfishing, hunting and ...

Emma Garnett does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Agriculture is driving rapid evolutionary change, not just on farms but also in wild species in surrounding landscapes, new research has found. New research in Science is showing how the rise of ...

Pollinators in the tropics are less likely to thrive in intensive croplands, finds a new study suggesting bees and butterflies are at risk of major losses. Pollinators in the tropics are less likely ...