A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment suggests that cooling during the mid- to late Holocene reshaped how...

A new multi-year field study from Peru’s Piura region challenges a long-held assumption in cocoa agriculture: native fine-flavor cacao may...

Land degradation may be doing more than shrinking ecosystems—it could also be quietly widening the distance between what crops could...

July 23, 2026 — For decades, “slash-and-burn” has served as a shorthand villain for rainforest loss, implying that swidden—or shifting...

Human language diversity may have reached a remarkable peak long before written records, according to a new modeling study in...

Maize was probably more than just a staple for many Classic Maya communities in southeastern Petén, Guatemala, according to a...

A new study is turning climate uncertainty into a controllable variable for rice farming by using grid-scale, high-efficiency precision irrigation....

Plastic agricultural films (PAFs) are a quiet workhorse of modern farming, but new research warns they are also quietly reshaping...

A data-driven method is giving tea authentication a technological upgrade. Researchers report that Minnan oolong teas can be distinguished by...

Rice straw is a cornerstone of sustainable rice farming—returned to fields to recycle nutrients and avoid open burning. But a...