Falconry is an ancient sport going back thousands of years. In Shakespeare’s time, it was a way of putting food on the dinner ...

On Sept. 27, 1962, biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, a book that would radically shift how the nation thought about the effect of pesticides on human health and the environment.

Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking investigation into the harmful effects of DDT and other pesticides on the environment.

John Robbins, an heir to the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire who rejected the family business to advocate plant-based ...

As summer kicks into high gear on the Fourth of July, Netflix is releasing a new series highlighting the beauty, importance ...

When insects are killed or die off, everything in the food web is affected, from the birds, bats and lizards that feed on insects to the snakes, coyotes and cougars that feed on birds and lizards, and ...

Since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring first brought DDT into the spotlight in 1962, the government formed investigative panels and committees to substantiate the danger of the pesticide.

When Carson wrote Silent Spring, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (better known as DDT) was frequently used as an insecticide in domestic and agricultural applications. At the same time, multiple bird ...

Patuxent Research Refuge’s North Tract in Laurel has cut visiting hours. Could the Trump administration could close it ...

Bald eagles once neared extinction in Maryland due to DDT. Now, thanks to conservation efforts, their population has soared ...