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Blakely, Ga., located in a county notorious for its lynchings, was not a safe place for a young black man in 1960. James Fair Jr., from Bayonne, N.J., was visiting the town and was arrested hours after his arrival, charged with the rape and murder of an 8-yea…

New research suggests that global trends in farming practices are undermining the pollinators crops depend on and putting agricultural productivity and stability at risk, particularly in some Asian and South American nations A multinational team of researche…

Western appetites for foods like avocados, coffee and citrus fruit are threatening global food security, according to a study that looked at 40 years of data.  Global diversity has declined as monocultures of crops including soybean, canola and palm take up …

Publishing their findings today (12 July) in the journal Functional Ecology, an international team of experts, studied the impact of a large wildfire in Portugal on flowers, moths and the complex ways in which they interact. Previous studies have shown the f…

IMAGE: A honey bee worker and a male mining bee on an apple flower. view more  Credit: Martin Husemann Citrus fruits, coffee and avocados: The food on our tables has become more diverse in recent decades. However, global agriculture does not reflect this …

1 INTRODUCTION Global agriculture has expanded at pace in recent decades, particularly in areas that formerly supported tropical and subtropical forests (Curtis, Slay, Harris, Tyukavina, & Hansen, 2018; Foley et al., 2011), and it has also become increas…

IAS UPSC Prelims and Mains Exam 10th July 2019 (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) SC to decide if illegal migrants can be given the status of refugees Part of Prelims and mains GS II International Relations  In news Two Rohingya men filed a prtition against…

Agency: GangplankCreative Director: Brenton Craig & Tia QueenPhotographer: Michael CarrelloProject Type: ProducedClient: Bee One ThirdLocation: Brisbane, AustraliaPackaging Contents: Honey, Honeycomb, PollenPackaging Substrate / Materials: Glass jarPrinti…

In April, the cry of climate catastrophe seized the political agenda. A trinity of David Attenborough documentaries, Greta Thunberg-inspired school strikes, and Extinction Rebellion protests took over both traditional and social media. It was the only subj…

A rush of tourists seeking the perfect selfie is putting California flora at risk. In the spring, masses of visitors flocked to small towns in southern California to snap photos with the super bloom of poppies along the roads and hillsides. Now, visitors are …