Sometimes you stand at the window on a freezing morning, coffee in hand, staring at a little sparrow on the fence and wondering how on earth it hasn’t turned into a tiny ice cube. It seems impossible ...

Svalbard’s chubby bears upend catastrophe talk—echoing Trump’s swagger and Gates’s pivot to adaptation.

Despite the decline of sea ice over the past several decades due to climate change, scientists found that some polar bears ...

Seals favored by Svalbard bears are becoming easier to hunt as ice declines, a study found. But researchers say the situation ...

Nature’s most successful prison reform experiment to date.

Winter is like nighttime for gardens. The bustling activity of spring and summer fades, and a blanket of snow or frost often ...

American-Statesman business editor Travis Webb asks: “How did those bright green parrots get to Austin?” He refers, of course, to the monk parakeets that seem so alien to many of our city’s newcomers.

Cheese is frequently featured in holiday gatherings, whether it's grandma's cheese ball, a fancy baked Brie or a cheese-laden gift basket. Who knew all these holiday treats might be saving people's ...

High-fat cheese and cream may slightly protect the brain from dementia, according to a new observational study that followed nearly 28,000 people in Malmö, Sweden, for up to 25 years. High-fat cheeses ...

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Low-fat dairy and other dairy foods showed no clear association. People who regularly ate higher-fat cheese and cream had a lower risk of developing dementia over 25 years, while low-fat dairy and ...

For more than half a century, Americans have been urged to shy away from saturated fats, found mainly in animal products. We have been told to cook with canola oil instead of butter, select skim ...