The latest example comes from scientists in the UK, who have now discovered the first evidence of river-borne plastic waste traveling up the food chain.

The result is that humans and nature are conspiring to shorten food chains, particularly by eliminating top predators like many large-bodied fish.

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found PFAS in every step of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River food chain, despite the river not having a known industrial input of these compounds.

Songbirds feeding near the contaminated South River are showing high levels of mercury, even though they aren't eating food from the river itself, according to a paper published by William and Mary ...

Researchers have found per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in every step of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River food chain, even though the river does not have a known industrial input of these compounds.

Mercury In River Moves Into Terrestrial Food Chain Through Spiders Fed To Baby Birds Date: April 20, 2008 Source: The College of William & Mary Summary: Songbirds feeding near the contaminated ...

A new development coming to Little River will bring three new restaurant chains to the area. Impeccable Development plans to open a Freddy’s, Del Taco and Popeyes in Little River near the car ...

In response to the zebra mussel invasion, Strayer and colleagues have discovered commercially important open-water fish species, like the American shad, are declining in the Hudson River. This is ...

The traffic jam on the Mississippi River caused by some of the lowest water levels in a decade will likely continue near term. About 200 boats and 3,000 barges on the lower Mississippi River were ...

Chain effect River-borne pharmaceuticals most likely accumulate in flies and beetles while they are underwater larvae, then transfer to spiders that feed on them after they emerge as adults, says ...

Governor Lamont, Senator Blumenthal, Congressman Larson, Commissioner Hurlburt, Commissioner Dykes and local farmers, were part of a news conference to discuss impact of flooding on farms and the f… ...