Many of us think of rice as a plant that grows in flooded fields, and that’s because the kind of rice we’re most familiar with — the long-grain, wetland variety called lowland rice — can be considered ...

As for nut butters, almonds might be a great option for limiting carbon emissions, but they require a lot of water. One study ...

President Trump threatened tariffs and sanctions against Mexico this year, claiming the country violated a treaty and is stealing water from Texas farmers. It's part of a dispute over shared water in ...

Grist reports that climate change is loading rice—the beloved grain that feeds more than half of the world's ...

After reviewing the best commercial and scientific data, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is publishing the final recovery ...

The USA is full of delicious and culturally significant regional foods. If you're traveling around America, here are some ...

Texas is littered with unintended, and sometimes intended, invasive species. Fireants, wild pigs, mimosa trees, giant salvinia and in some places white bass have all found their way into the ...

The elephant stopped in front of the shop’s counter, calmly snatching and chomping snacks, and did not flinch as the national ...

Rainfall has benefitted many crops statewide, but the moisture also serves as a catalyst for insects and pests.

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Twelve feet below the water in the San Marcos River, conservationists pluck invasive plants from the riverbed ... threaten two native species that are endangered: Texas wild rice ...

The United States has, for 70 years, been fighting a continuous aerial war against the New World screwworm, a parasite that eats animals alive: cow, pig, deer, dog, even human. (Its scientific ...

Many plants in Texas landscapes are suitable hosts for aphids, including bedding plants, ash, barberry, boxelder, crape myrtle, jasmine, flowering almond, gardenia, hibiscus, hydrangea, mountain ash, ...