public health Louisiana resident is first American to die from H5N1 after contact with infected birds, CDC confirms Ellsworth Toohey
agriculture Only in Alabama: the town that built a monument to the insect pest that destroyed It Ellsworth Toohey
agriculture Mystery tree grown from 1,000-year-old seed likely source of ancient medicinal balm Allan Rose Hill
agriculture Hot chocolate! Cocoa prices hit all-time highs amid global supply shortages Mark Frauenfelder
fires 18,000 cattle killed in Texas barn fire, the deadliest mass death of cattle in two decades David Pescovitz
agriculture New England heirloom corn grown on its native land for the first time in 300 years Thom Dunn