Legally Green

Could the end be near for one of the West’s biggest dams?

It has nothing to do with climate change: The Arctic Circle city will be moved about two miles east so it doesn’t collapse into the mine underneath.

Air quality readings from 3,000 cities in 103 countries found that more than 80 percent of people in those cities were exposed to dangerous particle levels.

An upside to the onslaught of Eastern tent caterpillars, whose webby bivouacs festoon black cherry trees, is the chance to watch the birds that eat them.

Beyond Meat assembled a team of young chemists, biologists and engineers to create a “fresh” burger that would sell in a refrigerated case with meat products.

Nutrition labels have been revamped by the Food and Drug Administration to more closely match the reality of the modern American diet.

Neighborhoods designed for walking may decrease the rates of overweight and diabetic people by more than 10 percent, a new study concludes.

Thousands of women claim talcum powder caused their ovarian cancer, but research into a potential link has produced mixed results.

Warming oceans, while detrimental to some fish, may be creating beneficial growing conditions for some cephalopods.

Bloomberg Businessweek's Ashlee Vance tours Tesla's factory floor.

Once considered a rarity, infectious tumors appear to be more common in the animal world than once believed.

An entomologist investigated whether bees prefer flower nectar or sugary soda.

So-called floatovoltaics are attracting international interest as a space-saving, high-efficiency alternative to land-based solar power plants.

Because of an F.D.A. labeling change, many consumers will learn that added sugars are in many products generally thought to be healthy.

Don’t feel bad if you’d rather skip it. Studies have not proved its importance.

Forty years ago, the top names in French food and wine judged a blind tasting pitting the finest French wines against unknown California bottles. The results revolutionized the wine industry.