Officials in Santa Clara County began knocking on doors on Monday to collect potentially infested plants sold at some Costco stores.

The birds are particularly vulnerable to high temperatures, and France’s torrid June took a heavy toll.

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A lawsuit filed in California claims the automaker’s philanthropic arm stole technology intended to help poor farmers, but it is not clear to what end.

A prolonged drought means the nation’s largest reservoirs are dwindling, and litigation over access to water could lie ahead.

A prolonged drought means the nation’s largest reservoirs are dwindling, and litigation over access to water could lie ahead.

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With machine learning and a high-resolution imaging robot, scientists measured and mapped the extent of Earth’s carbon circulatory system.

The parasitic, flesh-eating fly has now been confirmed in cows, goats and dogs.

Here’s why farmers and scientists are concerned over the New World screwworm’s unwelcome return to the United States.

We asked three farmers to tell us how new technology is revolutionizing the way they work.

The finding effectively paves the way for continued use of atrazine, a widely used herbicide that has been linked to birth defects and cancer in humans.

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