There's something in the water, and it's killing America's national bird
Cyanobacteria are eating away at eagles' brains
The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells
Inactive wells leak methane and can poison drinking water
PFAS chemicals reach remote oceans and accumulate in whales, dolphins, and other ocean life
Scientists studying the 'forever chemicals' say this trend is concerning
Your antidepressants could affect color-changing shrimp
The jury is still out for the shrimp, but our medications do affect water-dwelling wildlife
California's wildfires are poisoning drinking water supplies
Pipes absorb a litany of chemicals from fires and firefighting, which leach into the water
Deep-sea currents are spreading microplastics around the globe
Microorganisms on the sea floor ingest these plastics and can disrupt entire food webs
LEGO bricks can take hundreds of years to degrade
Just because they're not single-use doesn't mean that they're great for the environment
Scientists name new species after its belly full of plastic
Plastic pollution reaches new depths – and new guts
Lead poisoning hits low-income children harder than their affluent neighbors
Children living in poverty suffer greater cognitive and physical effects from lead exposure than children from richer families, even if they live in the same area
Hermit crabs are using old bottle caps and plastic as shells — and it's killing them slowly
Around 570,000 crabs become entrapped in debris each year on the Henderson and Cocos (Keeling) islands
Coral reef bacteria are being killed off by human activity
Microbes could provide important clues about the health of coral reefs
What "Dark Waters" gets right about the DuPont/PFAS water pollution case
The movie underscores the dangers of polyfluoroalyl substances in the environment and the corporate malfeasance that led to it
Ending coal mining is essential to solving the climate crisis
Speaking with Mary Anne Hitt and the Beyond Coal campaign
Soon you can feel a little less guilty about enjoying that dill pickle with your meal
Food scientists have designed a better brine, reducing the pickle's environmental impact
An influx of smelly seaweed is deadly for marine animals in the Caribbean
The explosion of Sargassum is bad for coastal ecosystems and tourism
There's no corner of the globe safe from microplastic pollution
These tiny plastic pieces have now been detected on top of mountains, in the soil, and even in your honey
Humans in South America evolved to live with arsenic poisoning
The toxic environment offers clues to ancient mummies and human evolution
These unregulated, potentially dangerous chemicals are probably already in your bloodstream
Researchers have known that there are unsafe compounds in our water for decades, but the government is just starting to catch up
After Hurricane Florence, North Carolina's water quality will go down the toilet
Floodwaters contaminated with coal ash, human sewage, and animal waste throw the entire watershed out of balance
It looks like microbes can help clean up mining pollution
Experiments at an abandoned 4,000-year-old mine have researchers optimistic