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, ...

Max Wegner, left, a Michigan Tech researcher, and Collin Tucker, a U.S. Forest Service scientist, take measurements of gasses coming off an area of the Sax-Zim Bog northwest of Duluth. Keeping pet ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...