As record-breaking droughts are becoming a new normal around the globe, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) launch the most ...

While the West got some early rain and hope for a wet winter, conditions worsened in parts of the South, the southern plains, ...

Iowa's drought conditions have been improving over the last several weeks as spring showers bring moisture back to the soil. The U.S. Drought Monitor's weekly map tracks the progress as drought ...

Scientists built a complete wheat gene map showing how different genes control plant growth and stress response.

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Flocks of sheep once quilted Morocco’s mountain pastures, stretched across Algeria’s vast plateaus and grazed along Tunisia’s green coastline. But the cascading effects of ...