Farmers : Science World Report

Nov 26, 2016 02:35 AM EST

Ants Did Farming Millions Of Years Before Humans Invented Agriculture, Scientists Found

Who invented farming? A team of researchers from Germany has found that an ant species in Fiji was farming much before humans did.

Jun 21, 2016 05:56 AM EDT

Beekeepers And Concerned Citizens To Rally In Front Of Environmental Protection Agency With 2.64 Million Dead Bees

Advocates will rally in front of EPA headquarters with a truck full of dead bees on Wednesday. This is to raise awareness on pollinator declines and to take action on the use of toxic pesticides.

Jun 07, 2016 06:30 AM EDT

Farming Was First Introduced By People From Greece And Turkey

An international research team led by paleogeneticists of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz publishes a study showing that early farmers from across Europe have an ancestry leading back to the Aegean.

Jan 29, 2016 07:27 AM EST

Condensing Farms to Save the Natural World and Reduce Greenhouse Gases

In order to save the environment, we may need to condense farms.

Jan 28, 2016 09:31 AM EST

Human Impacts on Land Determined Whether Communities Survived or Failed

Researchers have conducted a 10-year project to study the long-term effects that humans have on land, which may also reveal why communities survive or fail.

Jan 06, 2016 01:44 PM EST

First European Farmers Traced Back To Anatolia

A new study found that the first European farmers were traced back to Anatolia. The researchers used human material from the Anatolian site Kumtepe.

Dec 31, 2015 05:59 PM EST

New Model May Reveal How Humans Impact Pest Populations in Agriculture

When it comes to pest control, farmers have far more influence than you might think.

Dec 24, 2015 02:51 PM EST

Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers Grew the Same During Prehistoric Times

Prehistoric human populations may have actually grown in the same way-whether they were in North America or Europe.

Dec 09, 2015 11:51 AM EST

Feeding Swill to Pigs May Save Fast Swathes of Forest and Savanna

Feeding food waste to pigs may actually save vast swathes of forest and savanna.

Nov 25, 2015 08:00 AM EST

Farming Changed the Human Genome with New Genetic Features

Farming may have changed the human genome.

Nov 02, 2015 10:45 AM EST

Dust Bowl May Still be Impacting the Soil in America

The ravages of the Dust Bowl didn't end after the actual event. A new study may change the way we view the health of our nation's soil.

Sep 15, 2015 01:24 PM EDT

Massive Loss of Crop Diversity in Just 34 Years Reveals the Rise of Monoculture

As monocultures become the norm in farming, crop diversity is dropping. Now, scientists have found that in just 34 years, farmers are growing fewer types of crops, which may be impacting the general ecosystem.