A global study of 15,029 fish communities found species counts held steady while food webs reorganized around smaller-bodied fish.

As consumer interest in gut health grows, researchers are working to establish a standardized definition that could help ...

Kennedy Jr. is taking on the fuzziest category in food science. You might know a tomato when you see one, but for the federal government, identifying one is harder. Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?

WASHINGTON — Americans are becoming more familiar with terms for processed food, including ultra-processed, according to the International Food Information Council’s Food & Health Survey released July ...

Food labels can be confusing, with terms like "sell by," "best by," and "use by," among others. There are limited federal requirements that product expiration dates be labeled for safety.

Soils are home to some of the most diverse animal communities on Earth. These animals—including nematodes, springtails, mites, earthworms, spiders and other arthropods—drive decomposition, regulate ...

Some yogurts and peanut butters could be considered ultraprocessed as scientists and MAHA supporters push for a strict definition. By Julie Creswell and Alice Callahan See more of our coverage in your ...

To fully appreciate these traditional Mexican dishes, from mole to pozole, you have to dig into their ancient—and occasionally darker—roots. Most Americans associate Cinco de Mayo with salt-rimmed ...

Ecology usually feels intensely local. You can spend years studying one pond, one forest patch, one valley, and still feel like you’ve only scratched the surface. The problem is that this slow, ...

When most people think about corals, they imagine a tropical reef with crystal blue water, teeming with colorful fish. But, in the depths of the cold, murky Gulf of Maine, deep-sea corals thrive, ...

The rise of GLP-1s for weight loss has been swift and sudden. Not long ago, the drugs were mainly used by diabetes sufferers. Today, they’re synonymous for many with weight loss, leading consumers to ...

There are many reasons to criticize Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s catastrophic health policies, but he might get credit for one thing: He has spawned a real movement away from ...