Toxic pollution builds up in snake scales: What we learned from black mambas

Black mambas (Dendroaspis polylepis) are Africa's longest, most famous venomous snakes. Despite their fearsome reputation, ...

How pollution and the microbiome interact with Tregs, the immune system regulators whose discovery was honored with the Nobel Prize

(THE CONVERSATION) A special group of immune cells known as regulatory T cells, or Tregs for short, became an overnight sensation when a trio of U.S. and Japanese scientists won the Nobel Prize in ...

Chemical pollutants affect wildlife and human behavior—but toxicologists are reluctant to carry out tests

Most environmental scientists believe that chemical pollution can and is negatively affecting people and wildlife, according ...

Durham approves townhome development in another divided City Council vote

It’s a trade-off, do you want more housing or do you want trees?” said an attorney for the project’s developer.
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New Evidence Links Pollution to Dementia Risk

New research suggests that the quality of the air we breathe also has a significant impact on our cognitive health. A ...

How this kind of pollution is harming killer whales

New study links shipping noise pollution to higher mortality, lower birth rates for killer whales, but offers market solutions to address it.