The bodies of three of four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing last week in Lithuania were found Monday after their armored vehicle sank into a peat bog during training. The Army said the soldiers' ...

Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth's carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, the wetlands are under threat. On a cold winter afternoon, ...

Food, machinery and raw materials—Marshall Plan aid from the U.S.—is unloading on the docks of western Europe. What difference does it make? One close-up answer can be found in the town of Nijverdal ...

The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. A new paper in PLOS Biology (DOI: ...

Streamers of police tape decorated the deserted Offaly bog in central Ireland. Heavy rain poured down on Cathy Moore and Conor McDermott as they trudged through the thick mud. Their boots squelched ...

In Scotland, whisky production is facing growing criticism over its environmental impact. Many distilleries still burn peat, ...

Shadow Lake Nature Preserve in Renton protects one of Washington's few peat bogs. Here's how to tour the bog and learn more.

An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacterium that causes tuberculosis in humans. The ...

Strange lights, creatures in the mist, and fairy glades are all part of wetland folklore, and stem from their unique chemistry and climate. A single fallen branch in a frozen lake in the ...

When Roy van Beek was a teenager in the Netherlands in the early 1990s, he made a field trip to a local museum to see an exhibit of bog bodies: ancient human remains, both skeletal and naturally ...

London (CNN) — Textile designers and tartan experts have banded together to recreate the oldest piece of Scottish tartan for modern production, allowing fans of the famed plaid to wear a piece of ...