The Dragonfly Mercury Project is studying dragonflies to determine amount of mercury in national park habitats. The project ...

Mercury (Hg) is a naturally occurring element found across the globe, yet it becomes highly toxic as it accumulates up the food chain. Pollution from human activities has pumped increasing amounts of ...

The facility's permit is up for renewal. Activists say the Indiana Department of Environmental Management needs to do more to protect people who get their drinking water from Lake Michigan and visit ...

Many power plants benefiting from exemptions rank among the nation’s worst polluters. The Trump administration says cheaper ...

This characteristic makes dragonflies invaluable indicators of mercury pollution. In an expansive ... dragonflies by taking action to prevent water contamination and leaving the edges of any ...

Colorful, fast and acrobatic, dragonflies are a pretty sight when you spot them in nature. They're also invaluable indicators ...

Before they can fight to survive, some endangered songbirds are losing their groove and being robbed of their chance at love—all because of what's in their food. Residing exclusively in ...

“I spent years working on mercury pollution in the ocean and in our seafood, mostly on the ‘bad news’ side of science,” said Schartup. “Over time, I began to feel frustrated diagnosing problems ...

In Senegal's gold-rich Kedougou region, women and children face serious health risks from mercury exposure used in gold processing.

All you have to worry about is, don’t eat high mercury fish several times a week,” food scientist Abbey Thiel tells Fortune.

Schartup said she spent years working on mercury pollution in the ocean and in seafood before she “began to feel frustrated diagnosing problems without offering any solutions.” That prompted ...

Seafood is the main dietary source of mercury, thanks to pollution from mining and other industrial activities. Once in the ocean, mercury is converted into methylmercury — a far more toxic form that ...